Effect of groundwater pH and ionic strength on strontium sorption in aquifer sediments: Implications for 90Sr mobility at contaminated nuclear sites

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1482-1491

  Wallace, Sarah H ^a   Shaw, Samuel ^a   Morris, Katherine ^b   Small, Joe S ^c   Fuller, Adam J ^a   Burke, Ian T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL NUCLEAR LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATCH SORPTION; BETA-EMITTING RADIONUCLIDES; CATION EXCHANGE PROCESS; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; COORDINATION ENVIRONMENT; EXAFS; EXCHANGE PROCESS; FLUID COMPOSITION; LOW IONIC STRENGTH; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; NUCLEAR SITES; PH VALUE; PH VARIATION; REMOBILISATION; SALINE INTRUSION; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENT-WATER SYSTEM; SELLAFIELD; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; SITE REMEDIATION; STRONTIUM-90; SURFACE COMPLEX;

AQUIFERS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IONIC STRENGTH; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; PH EFFECTS; POSITIVE IONS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SORPTION; SPHERES; STRONTIUM; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ION EXCHANGE; IONIC COMPOSITION; PH; RADIONUCLIDE; REMOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SORPTION; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; SELLAFIELD; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84862900577     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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