Factors controlling mobility of 127I and 129I species in an acidic groundwater plume at the Savannah River Site

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 3857-3865

  Otosaka, Shigeyoshi ^a,b   Schwehr, Kathleen A ^a   Kaplan, Daniel I ^c   Roberts, Kimberly A ^c   Zhang, Saijin ^a   Xu, Chen ^a   Li, Hsiu Ping ^a   Ho, Yi Fang ^a   Brinkmeyer, Robin ^a   Yeager, Chris M ^b   Santschi, Peter H ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Iodate; Iodide; Iodine 127; Iodine 129; Organo iodine; Savannah River Site; Speciation

Indexed keywords

IODATE; IODIDE; IODINE-127; IODINE-129; ORGANO-IODINE; SAVANNAH RIVER SITES; SPECIATION;

GROUNDWATER; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; IODINE; ORGANIC CARBON; REDOX REACTIONS; SEEPAGE; WELLS;

RIVERS;

GROUND WATER; IODATE; IODIDE; IODINE; IODINE 129; SURFACE WATER; TRITIUM;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; IODIDE; IODINE; MOBILITY; ORGANIC CARBON; PH; RIVER PLUME; SEEPAGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ACIDITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; DRY DEPOSITION; HYDROGRAPHY; ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SAVANNA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; WATER SAMPLING; WET DEPOSITION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IODINE ISOTOPES; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RIVERS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; WATER MOVEMENTS;

SAVANNAH RIVER SITE; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051786721     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.05.018     Document Type: Article

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