Uranium isotopes in groundwater from the continental intercalaire aquifer in Algerian Tunisian Sahara (Northern Africa)

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 649-656

  Chkir, N ^a   Guendouz, A ^b   Zouari, K ^c   Hadj Ammar, F ^c   Moulla, A S ^d  

^a École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BLIDA   (Algeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHE NUCLÉAIRE D ALGER   (Algeria)

Author keywords

234U 238U; Activity ratio; Disequilibrium; Mobility; Solubility; Uranium

Indexed keywords

234U/238U; ACTIVITY RATIO; ACTIVITY RATIOS; ALGERIA; DISEQUILIBRIUM; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; ISOTOPIC STUDY; MOBILITY; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; RESIDENCE TIME; TUNISIA; URANIUM CONTENTS; URANIUM ISOTOPES; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS;

AQUIFERS; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; NUCLEAR FUELS; SOLUBILITY; TERNARY SYSTEMS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

GROUND WATER; URANIUM; URANIUM 234; URANIUM 238;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; DISEQUILIBRIUM; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MOBILITY; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; SOLUBILITY; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

ALGERIA; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; NORTH AFRICA; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; TUNISIA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ALGERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; KINETICS; TUNISIA; URANIUM; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

EID: 67649378245     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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