Lead isotope ratios as a tracer for contaminated waters from uranium mining and milling

Uranium in the Environment: Mining Impact and Consequences

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 663-670

  Coetzee, Henk ^a   Rademeyer, Mari ^a  

^a Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METALS; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; URANIUM; URANIUM DEPOSITS;

CONTAMINATED WATER; FINE SEDIMENTS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE RATIOS; MINING ACTIVITIES; RADIOGENIC LEADS; URANIUM CONCENTRATION; URANIUM MINING;

RIVER POLLUTION;

EID: 84855467406     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-28367-6_67     Document Type: Conference Paper

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