Trace contaminant concentration affects mineral transformation and pollutant fate in hydroxide-weathered Hanford sediments

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 197, Issue , 2011, Pages 119-127

  Perdrial, Nicolas ^a   Rivera, Nelson ^b   Thompson, Aaron ^c   O'Day, Peggy A ^b   Chorover, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesium; Feldspathoids; Str tlingite; Strontium; Zeolite

Indexed keywords

CALCITE DISSOLUTION; CANCRINITES; CAUSTIC RADIOACTIVE WASTES; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; FELDSPATHOIDS; GEOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; HANFORD SEDIMENTS; HEADSPACES; HIGH IONIC STRENGTH; IMPACT REACTION; MINERAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MINERAL WEATHERING; PRODUCT STABILITY; SOLID-PHASE; TIGHTLY-COUPLED; TRACE CONTAMINANTS; ZEOLITE CHABAZITE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CESIUM; CONTAMINATION; IONIC STRENGTH; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; STRONTIUM; WEATHERING; ZEOLITES;

IMPURITIES;

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; CANCRINITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CESIUM; IODINE; MINERAL; POTASSIUM; SILICON; SODALITE; SODIUM; STRATLINGITE; STRONTIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEOLITE;

CALCITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CESIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; HYDROXIDE; MINERAL; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; PRESSURE EFFECT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); STRONTIUM; TECTOSILICATE; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSFORMATION; WEATHERING;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DISSOLUTION; PH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SEDIMENT;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROXIDES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

HANFORD; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 82155172860     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.09.063     Document Type: Article

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