Fractionation of U, Th, Ra and Pb from boreal forest soils by sequential extractions

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-9

  Virtanen, Sinikka ^a   Vaaramaa, Kaisa ^a,b   Lehto, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTABILITY; NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES; REDOX CONDITION; REDUCING CONDITIONS; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION PROCEDURE; SPENT NUCLEAR FUELS; TOPSOIL SAMPLES;

EXTRACTION; FORESTRY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LEACHING; LEAD; POSITIVE IONS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIUM; SOILS;

URANIUM;

BEDROCK; BOREAL FOREST; FOREST SOIL; FRACTIONATION; GRAIN SIZE; IRON; LEAD ISOTOPE; MOBILITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE; RADIUM; REDOX CONDITIONS; REPOSITORY; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL PROFILE; THORIUM; TOPSOIL; URANIUM; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CATIONS; EXTRACTION; FORESTRY; LEACHING; LEAD; RADIUM; SOIL; URANIUM;

FINLAND; OLKILUOTO; SATAKUNTA;

EID: 84883726839     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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