Landscape control of uranium and thorium in boreal streams-Spatiotemporal variability and the role of wetlands

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4773-4785

  Lidman, F ^a   Morth C M ^b   Laudon, H ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BOREAL FOREST; CARBONATE; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; HYDROGEN; LANDSCAPE; MINERAL; ORGANIC CARBON; PH; SOIL TYPE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAM; THORIUM; URANIUM; WEATHERING; WETLAND;

EID: 84870214785     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-4773-2012     Document Type: Article

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