Uranium facilitated transport by water-dispersible colloids in field and soil columns

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2118-2128

  Crancon P ^a   Pili, E ^a   Charlet, L ^b  

^a DIF   (France)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Colloids; Column experiments; Depleted uranium; Field monitoring; Groundwater; Soil

Indexed keywords

COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; DEEP SOILS; DEPLETED URANIUM; FACILITATED TRANSPORT; FIELD MONITORING; HUMIC COLLOIDS; IN-FIELD; PODZOLIC SOIL; POLLUTION SOURCES; PORE VOLUME; PORE WATERS; RAIN EVENTS; RAINFALL EVENT; RETARDATION FACTORS; SOIL COLUMN; SURFACE CONTAMINATIONS; URANIUM CONCENTRATION; WATER DISPERSIBLE;

COLLOID CHEMISTRY; DESORPTION; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; IONIC STRENGTH; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; ISOTOPES; RIVER POLLUTION; SOILS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM; URANIUM DEPOSITS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER; RAIN; URANIUM;

COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD SURVEY; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MOBILIZATION; PODZOL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POREWATER; RETENTION; SOIL COLUMN; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DESORPTION; DISPERSION; ELUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; IONIC STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANDY SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE SOIL; VELOCITY; WATER POLLUTION;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM SILICATES; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; COLLOIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; POROSITY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 77649181273     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.01.061     Document Type: Article

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