Mineralogical characterization of saprolite at the FRC background site in Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Environmental Geology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1301-1307

  Kim, Young Jin ^a   Moon, Ji Won ^b   Roh, Yul ^c   Brooks, Scott C ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Field Research Center (FRC); Mineralogy; Remediation; Saprolite

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM OXALATE; BULK SAMPLES; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; CONTAMINATED SITES; DITHIONATE; FE CONTENT; FIELD RESEARCH CENTER (FRC); FIELD RESEARCH CENTERS; FLOW CHANNELS; GROUND WATER TABLE; K-FELDSPAR; MANGANESE OXIDE; MINERAL COMPOSITION; MINERALOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; REMEDIATION PROJECTS; REMEDIATION STRATEGIES; SAMPLING LOCATION; SAPROLITE; SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS; SEM; SHALLOW DEPTHS; SILTSTONES; SOIL PH; SOIL SURFACES; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOREMEDIATION; CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FELDSPAR; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LIMESTONE; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MICA; MINERALOGY; OXIDE MINERALS; POLLUTION; QUARTZ; RESEARCH; ROCKS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHALE; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

MINERALS;

BIOREMEDIATION; CATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; ILLITE; ION EXCHANGE; LIMESTONE; MICROCLINE; MINERALOGY; OXIC CONDITIONS; PH; QUARTZ; SAPROLITE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SILTSTONE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL SURFACE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WATER TABLE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

NORTH AMERICA; OAK RIDGE RESERVATION; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349853042     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1633-1     Document Type: Article

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