Quantification of actinide migration pathways at Rocky Flats, Colorado

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 359-369

  Paton, Ian B ^a   Dayton, Christine S ^b   Jubenville, David M ^a   Weiner, Eugene R ^a   Hyder, Martha W ^c  

^a WRIGHT WATER ENGINEERS INC   (United States)

^b Kaiser Group Holdings Inc   (United States)

^c Wind River Environmental Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinides; Americium; Geochemistry; Pathways; Plutonium; Transport; Uranium

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLEANING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SOLUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; URANIUM;

ACTINIDE MIGRATION PATHWAYS; ALLUVIAL FLOW; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; PREDICTIVE TRANSPORT MODELS;

WATER RESOURCES;

ACTINIDE; GEOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; SOLUBILITY;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPODA; AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 4544349542     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2004.tb01035.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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