Investigation of dissolved uranium content in the watershed of Seine River (France)

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Schmidt, Sabine ^a,b  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UMR5805   (France)

Author keywords

Dissolved uranium; Estuary; Flow; River; Seine; Strahler order; Watershed

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ESTUARIES; MIXING; RIVERS; WATER; WATERSHEDS;

URANIUM ACTIVITY;

URANIUM;

SEA WATER; URANIUM; URANIUM 238;

DISSOLVED MATTER; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED;

CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ESTUARY; FLOW RATE; HEALTH SURVEY; REVIEW; RIVER; STREAM (RIVER); WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; SEINE ESTUARY; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 4644287378     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.03.032     Document Type: Article

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