μ-X-ray fluorescence and μ-X-ray diffraction investigations of sediment from the Ruprechtov nuclear waste disposal natural analog site

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 484-492

  Denecke, Melissa A ^a   De Nolf, Wout ^b   Janssens, Koen ^b   Brendebach, Boris ^a   Rothkirch, André ^c   Falkenberg, Gerald ^c   Noseck, Ulrich ^d  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c DESY   (Germany)

^d GESELLSCHAFT FÜR ANLAGEN UND REAKTORSICHERHEIT GRS MBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

XRD; XRF; Microfocus; Natural analog

Indexed keywords

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PYRITES; SEDIMENTS; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ARSENOPYRITE; NATURAL ANALOG;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 41449096963     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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