Uranium isotopes as a tracer of sources of dissolved solutes in the Han River, South Korea

Chemical Geology

Volumn 258, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 354-361

  Ryu, Jong Sik ^a   Lee, Kwang Sik ^a   Chang, Ho Wan ^b   Cheong, Chang Sik ^a  

^a Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

234U 238U fractionation; Black shale; Carbonate dissolution; Groundwater input; Han River; Silicate weathering

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED MATTER; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LITHOLOGY; RIVER WATER; SILICATE; SOLUTE; TRACER; URANIUM ISOTOPE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HAN RIVER [SOUTH KOREA]; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 58149468406     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.10.039     Document Type: Article

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