Estimating U fluxes in a high-latitude, boreal post-glacial setting using U-series isotopes in soils and rivers

Chemical Geology

Volumn 354, Issue , 2013, Pages 22-32

  Andersen, M B ^a,b   Vance, D ^a,b   Keech, A R ^a   Rickli, J ^a,b   Hudson, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Rivers; Soils; U series; Uranium; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY RATIOS; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; ORGANIC-RICH SOIL; SOIL CHRONOSEQUENCE; U-SERIES; U-SERIES ISOTOPES; WEATHERING RATES;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LEACHING; RIVERS; URANIUM; WEATHERING;

SOILS;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POSTGLACIAL; SOIL PROFILE; URANIUM ISOTOPE; WATER QUALITY;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84880412313     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.06.021     Document Type: Article

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