Strontium sorption and precipitation behaviour during bioreduction in nitrate impacted sediments

Chemical Geology

Volumn 306-307, Issue , 2012, Pages 114-122

  Thorpe, Clare L ^a   Lloyd, Jonathan R ^a   Law, Gareth T W ^a   Burke, Ian T ^b   Shaw, Samuel ^b   Bryan, Nicholas D ^a   Morris, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioreduction; Incorporation; Nitrate; Nuclear; Sorption; Strontium

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE CONDITIONS; BIOREDUCTIONS; CONTAMINATED ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FINAL PH; INCORPORATION; MICROBIAL REDUCTION; NITRATE LOADINGS; NUCLEAR; NUCLEAR SITES; PH CHANGE; PRECIPITATION BEHAVIOUR; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINANTS; REDOX STATE; SEDIMENT BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT MICROCOSMS; THERMODYNAMIC MODELLING;

ALKALINITY; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IRON COMPOUNDS; LOADING; MANGANESE; NITRATES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SORPTION; SPHERES; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

STRONTIUM;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DENITRIFICATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRATE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REDUCTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SORPTION; STRONTIUM;

EID: 84859836265     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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