Accelerated transport of 90Sr following a release of high ionic strength solution in vadose zone sediments

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 135-157

  Hull, Laurence C ^a   Schafer, Annette L ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cation exchange; Radioactive waste; Reactive transport; Strontium

Indexed keywords

ION EXCHANGE; IONIC STRENGTH; POSITIVE IONS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; WATER ANALYSIS;

REACTIVE TRANSPORT; VADOSE ZONE SEDIMENTS;

STRONTIUM;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; STRONTIUM 90;

ION EXCHANGE; IONIC STRENGTH; POSITIVE IONS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; STRONTIUM; WATER ANALYSIS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; AQUIFER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INFILTRATION; ION EXCHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SEDIMENT; SOLUTION; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; VADOSE ZONE;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; CATION EXCHANGE; DISSOLUTION; DRUG TRANSPORT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; ION EXCHANGE; IONIC STRENGTH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SIMULATION;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 41749091559     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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