Chapter 14 Uranium(VI) Release from Contaminated Vadose Zone Sediments: Estimation of Potential Contributions from Dissolution and Desorption

Developments in Earth and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages 375-416

  Bond, Deborah L ^a   Davis, James A ^a   Zachara, John M ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 44349111736     PISSN: 15719197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1571-9197(07)07014-0     Document Type: Review

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