Distribution of uranium in soil components of agricultural fields after long-term application of phosphate fertilizers

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1383-1390

  Yamaguchi, N ^a   Kawasaki, A ^a   Iiyama, I ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Phosphate fertilizer; Poorly crystalline Fe Al minerals; Soil organic matter; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; AGRICULTURE; APPLICATIONS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COMPOSTING; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FERTILIZERS; LANDFORMS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC MINERALS; PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; CHEMICAL EXTRACTION METHODS; CONTROL SITES; NPK FERTILIZERS; PADDY FIELDS; PADDY SOILS; PASTURE SOILS; POORLY CRYSTALLINE FE/AL MINERALS; REDOX CONDITIONS; SOIL COMPONENTS; SOIL CONSTITUENTS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SURFACE SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; IRON; OXALIC ACID; PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER; PYROPHOSPHATE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; URANIUM;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXTRACTION; FERTILIZER; PHOSPHATE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL POLLUTION; URANIUM;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COMPOST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL FERTILIZATION;

AGRICULTURE; FERTILIZERS; PHOSPHATES; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; URANIUM;

EID: 57049105112     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.10.011     Document Type: Article

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