Binding and transport of rare earth elements by organic and iron-rich nanocolloids in alaskan rivers, as revealed by field-flow fractionation and ICP-MS

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 106, Issue , 2013, Pages 446-462

  Stolpe, Björn ^a   Guo, Laodong ^a,b   Shiller, Alan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FLOW FIELD; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; IRON; PERMAFROST; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RIVER WATER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER FLOW;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES; YUKON BASIN;

EID: 84872341853     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.12.033     Document Type: Article

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