Determining individual mineral contributions to U(VI) adsorption in a contaminated aquifer sediment: A fluorescence spectroscopy study

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2965-2979

  Wang, Zheming ^a   Zachara, John M ^a   Boily, Jean François ^a   Xia, Yuanxian ^a   Resch, Tom C ^a   Moore, Dean A ^a   Liu, C ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AQUIFER; CHLORITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MINERALOGY; MONTMORILLONITE; PHYLLOSILICATE; QUARTZ; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 79955121909     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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