Geochemical controls on contaminant uranium in vadose Hanford formation sediments at the 200 area and 300 area, Hanford Site, Washington

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1004-1017

  McKinley, James P ^a   Zachara, John M ^a   Wan, Jiamin ^b   McCready, David E ^a   Heald, Steven M ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; MINERALIZATION; PHOSPHATE (INORGANIC); POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION CONTROL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; URANIUM; VADOSE ZONE; WASTE FACILITY; WELL LOGGING;

HANFORD; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 36849007388     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2006.0184     Document Type: Article

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