Newly recognized hosts for uranium in the Hanford Site vadose zone

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1563-1576

  Stubbs, Joanne E ^a   Veblen, Linda A ^a,b   Elbert, David C ^a   Zachara, John M ^c   Davis, James A ^d   Veblen, David R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; PALAGONITE; PHYLLOSILICATE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URANIUM; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 60449087234     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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