Using short-lived nuclides of the U- and Th-series to probe the kinetics of colloid migration in forested soils

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 7707-7724

  Rihs, Sophie ^a   Prunier, Jonathan ^a,b   Thien, Bruno ^a,c   Lemarchand, Damien ^a   Pierret, Marie Claire ^a   Chabaux, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOID; COMPLEXATION; FOREST SOIL; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEACHING; PH; PODZOL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REACTION KINETICS; SEEPAGE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL HORIZON; THORIUM; URANIUM;

FRANCE;

FAGUS;

EID: 80755189693     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.09.045     Document Type: Article

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