Sorption, degradation, and transport of methyl iodide and other iodine species in geologic media

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 774-781

  Hu, Q H ^a   Moran, J E ^b   Gan, J Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CHEMICAL FORMS; COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; DEGRADATION BEHAVIOR; DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; FATE AND TRANSPORT; GEOLOGIC MEDIA; HIGH ORGANIC; HUMAN HEALTH; HUMAN NUTRITION; IODINE SPECIES; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; METHYL IODIDE; MULTIPLE OXIDATION; NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; ORGANIC SPECIES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; RADIOIODINE; REGRESSION LINES; RESIDENCE TIME; SOIL SURFACES; SOILS AND SEDIMENTS; SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENT; TRANSPORT BEHAVIOR;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; IODINE; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RADIOACTIVITY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SORPTION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADATION; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; IODIDE; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; RADIONUCLIDE; RESIDENCE TIME; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL SURFACE; SORPTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856614913     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.12.022     Document Type: Article

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