Biogeochemical changes induced by uranyl nitrate in a uranium waste pile

Uranium, Mining and Hydrogeology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 743-752

  Selenska Pobell, Sonja ^a   Geissler, Andrea ^a   Merroun, Mohamed ^a   Flemming, Katrin ^a   Geipel, Gerhard ^a   Reuther, Helfried ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON COMPOUNDS; NITRATES; ORGANIC LASERS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL POPULATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL; INORGANIC PHOSPHATES; TIME-RESOLVED LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; URANIUM MINING WASTE PILES; URANYL NITRATE; WASTE PILES;

PILES;

EID: 84859203381     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-87746-2_96     Document Type: Conference Paper

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