Quantitative assessment of radionuclide retention in the Quaternary sediments/granite interface of the Fennoscandian shield (Sweden)

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 679-687

  Grandia, Fidel ^a   Sena, Clara ^a,b   Arcos, David ^a   Molinero, Jorge ^a   Duro, Lara ^a   Bruno, Jordi ^a  

^a AMPHOS 21 CONSULTING S L   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION EXCHANGES; DEEP GROUNDWATERS; EARTH SURFACE; FENNOSCANDIAN SHIELDS; FERRIHYDRITES; GEOLOGIC STORAGE; HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTES; HOST ROCKS; NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES; NEAR-SURFACE; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; POTENTIAL CYCLING; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; QUATERNARY SEDIMENTS; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; RETENTION CAPACITY; SURFACE ECOSYSTEMS;

ADSORPTION; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CARBONATE MINERALS; CESIUM; CLAY MINERALS; GRANITE; GROUNDWATER; POSITIVE IONS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES;

CESIUM COMPOUNDS;

BARITE; CALCITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FERRIHYDRITE; GRANITE; HOST ROCK; ILLITE; ION EXCHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUATERNARY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE; REPOSITORY; TILL;

BALTIC SHIELD; SWEDEN;

EID: 79953679847     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.01.026     Document Type: Article

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