Uranium colloidal transport and origin of the 234U-238U fractionation in surface waters: New insights from Mount Cameroon

Chemical Geology

Volumn 202, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 365-381

  Riottea, J ^a,f   Chabaux, F ^a   Benedetti, M ^b   Dia, A ^c   Gerard M ^d   Boulegue J ^b   Etame J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e Faculté des Sciences   (France)

^f LMTG   (France)

Author keywords

Colloidal transport; Mount Cameroon; Water geochemistry; Weathering processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 72549085930     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2002.10.002     Document Type: Article

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