Long-term selective retention of natural Cs and Rb by highly weathered coastal plain soils

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3837-3843

  Wampler, J M ^a   Krogstad, Eirik J ^a   Elliott, W Crawford ^a   Kahn, Bernd ^b   Kaplan, Daniel I ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID EXTRACTS; CATION EXCHANGES; COASTAL PLAIN; CONTAMINATED ENVIRONMENT; LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE; MICROENVIRONMENTS; NATURALLY OCCURRING; RADIOCESIUM; SAVANNAH RIVER SITES; SELECTIVE RETENTION; SOIL EVOLUTIONS; SOUTH CAROLINA; UPLAND SOIL; UPPER CONTINENTAL CRUST; WASTE REPOSITORIES;

CESIUM; LEACHING; SOIL CONDITIONERS; SOILS;

CESIUM COMPOUNDS;

CESIUM; RUBIDIUM; VERMICULITE;

CESIUM; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; COASTAL PLAIN; HYDROXYL RADICAL; ION EXCHANGE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POTASSIUM; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RUBIDIUM; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TYPE;

ARTICLE; CATION EXCHANGE; COASTAL PLAIN; EXTRACTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; MICROENVIRONMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; CESIUM; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; ECOSYSTEM; PARTICLE SIZE; POTASSIUM; RUBIDIUM; SEAWATER; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOUTH CAROLINA; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

GEORGIA; SAVANNAH; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859345060     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2035834     Document Type: Article

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