Soil-root interactions controlling upward plutonium transport in variably saturated soils

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 574-585

  Demirkanli, Deniz I ^a   Molz, Fred J ^a   Kaplan, Daniel I ^b   Fjeld, Robert A ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

SRS, Savannah River Site

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LYSIMETER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLUTONIUM; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; RESEARCH WORK; SATURATED MEDIUM; SOIL ANALYSIS; TOXICITY; TRANSIENT FLOW;

NORTH AMERICA; SAVANNAH RIVER SITE; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349335443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2008.0159     Document Type: Article

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