Uranium speciation as a function of depth in contaminated hanford sediments - A micro-XRF, micro-XRD, and micro- and bulk-XAFS study

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 630-636

  Singer, David M ^a,d   Zachara, John M ^b   Brown Jr , Gordon E ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HANFORD SEDIMENTS; HANFORD SITES; HOT-SPOTS; METATORBERNITE; MICRO X RAYS; MICRO X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS; MICRO-X-RAY FLUORESCENCES; MICRO-XRD; MICRO-XRF; MICROMETER-SIZED PARTICLES; MODERATE CONCENTRATIONS; SURFACE COATINGS; TEXTURED GRAINS; VADOSE ZONES; WATER TABLES; X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURES; X-RAY AMORPHOUS; XAFS; XANES SPECTROSCOPIES; XRD;

ABSORPTION; ACTINIDES; AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MICA; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICON COMPOUNDS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; URANIUM; URANIUM ALLOYS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAYS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

COPPER; GROUND WATER; SODIUM CHLORITE; URANIUM;

AQUIFER; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); URANIUM; VADOSE ZONE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; DESORPTION; DISSOLUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SYNCHROTRON; WATER TABLE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT; SEDIMENT; SPECTROSCOPY;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; URANIUM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 63149143424     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8021045     Document Type: Article

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