Geochemical and geophysical changes during ammonia gas treatment of vadose zone sediments for uranium remediation

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Szecsody, J E ^a   Truex, M J ^a   Zhong, L ^a   Johnson, T C ^a   Qafoku, N P ^a   Williams, M D ^a   Greenwood, W J ^a   Wallin, E L ^a   Bargar, J D ^a   Faurie, D K ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA GAS; AMMONIA TREATMENT; AQUEOUS SPECIES; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; EQUILIBRIUM BEHAVIOR; IN-FIELD; INDUCED POLARIZATION; ION CONCENTRATIONS; LOW WATER-CONTENT; PORE WATERS; POTENTIAL FIELD; VADOSE ZONE; VADOSE ZONE SEDIMENTS; X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURES; X-RAY ABSORPTION NEAR-EDGE STRUCTURE;

AMMONIA; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER; KAOLINITE; LEACHING; MICA; MINERALS; POLLUTION; PRECIPITATES; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SERPENTINE; SILICATES; URANIUM; X RAY ABSORPTION;

SEDIMENTS;

AMMONIA; BIOREMEDIATION; COATING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GEOPHYSICS; ION EXCHANGE; MINERAL; MOBILITY; PH; POLARIZATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POREWATER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOMOGRAPHY; URANIUM; VADOSE ZONE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84870403430     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2011.0158     Document Type: Article

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