Long term fate of uranium tailings in mountain areas

Uranium in the Environment: Mining Impact and Consequences

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 47-56

  Merkel, Broder J ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; NATURAL ATTENUATION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; ENHANCED NATURAL ATTENUATIONS; EROSION POTENTIALS; HUMID CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE; PASSIVE CONTROL; RADON EMISSIONS; TOXIC ELEMENTS;

URANIUM;

EID: 78649525495     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-28367-6_4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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