Uptake of uranium and thorium by native and cultivated plants

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 458-463

  Shtangeeva, I ^a  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Diurnal variations; Neutron activation analysis; Plant uptake; Relationships in soil plant system; Thorium; Uranium

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; DIURNAL VARIATIONS; PLANT UPTAKE; RELATIONSHIPS IN SOIL-PLANT SYSTEM; SOIL PLANT SYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; EQUATIONS OF STATE; NEUTRONS; NUTRIENTS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; SOILS; THORIUM; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

RADIOISOTOPE; THORIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTAMINATED LAND; CULTIVATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; NATIVE SPECIES; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PLANT; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GREENHOUSE; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT NUTRIENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

PLANTS; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL; THORIUM; URANIUM;

EID: 77951954866     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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