Phytoextraction of thorium from soil and water media

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 154, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 19-35

  Shtangeeva, Irina ^a   Ayrault, Sophie ^b  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Phytoextraction; Soil; Thorium; Water media; Wheat

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION; ECOSYSTEMS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIOISOTOPES; REMEDIATION;

BIOACCUMULATION; PHYTOEXTRACTION; WHEAT SEEDLINGS;

THORIUM;

RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; RADIOISOTOPE; THORIUM; WATER;

PHYTOREMEDIATION; SEEDLING; SOIL POLLUTION; THORIUM; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISTILLATION; ECOSYSTEM; EXTRACTION; GREENHOUSE; NUTRIENT SOLUTION; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SCREENING; SEEDLING; SOIL POLLUTION; TECHNOLOGY; VEGETATION; WASTE; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 4944235478     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WATE.0000022927.15629.04     Document Type: Article

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