Influence of sources on plutonium mobility and oxidation state transformations in vadose zone sediments

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 7417-7423

  Kaplan, Daniel I ^a   Powell, Brian A ^b   Duff, Martine C ^a   Demirkanli, Deniz I ^c   Denham, Miles ^a   Fjeld, Robert A ^c   Molz, Fred J ^c  

^a SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXIDATION; PLUTONIUM; SEDIMENTS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODEL; VADOSE ZONE SEDIMENTS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

MANGANESE; PLUTONIUM;

OXIDATION; PLUTONIUM; SEDIMENTS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

ELEMENT MOBILITY; LYSIMETER; OXIDATION; PLUTONIUM; SEDIMENT; VADOSE ZONE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROLYSIS; MINERALOGY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; OXIDATION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT; STEADY STATE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNCHROTRON X RAY FLUOROSCENCE; THERMODYNAMICS; WEATHER; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE SPECTROSCOPY;

FLUORESCENCE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLUTONIUM; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY; X-RAYS;

EID: 36049007572     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0706302     Document Type: Article

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