Distribution and transport of radionuclides in a boreal mire - assessing past, present and future accumulation of uranium, thorium and radium

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 121, Issue , 2013, Pages 87-97

  Lidman, Fredrik ^a   Ramebäck, Henrik ^b   Bengtsson, Åsa ^c   Laudon, Hjalmar ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mire; Peat; Radium; Thorium; Uranium; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATES; ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; MEASUREMENTS OF; MIRE; NORTHERN SWEDEN; ORGANIC MATERIALS; REDOX INDICATOR; REDOX POTENTIALS;

GROUNDWATER; PEAT; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM; REDOX REACTIONS; THORIUM; WETLANDS;

URANIUM;

ALUMINUM; GROUND WATER; PEAT; POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM; RADIUM 226; RADIUM 228; THORIUM; THORIUM 228; THORIUM 232; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM; URANIUM 238;

ACCUMULATION; BOREAL; GROUNDWATER; MIRE; PEAT; RADIONUCLIDE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GROWTH RATE; HYDROLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; RADIOACTIVITY; SOIL; WETLAND;

MINING; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIUM; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SWEDEN; THORIUM; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WETLANDS;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84876702400     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.06.010     Document Type: Article

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