Colloid mobilization in an undisturbed sediment core under semiarid recharge rates

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 4985-4996

  Liu, Ziru ^a   Flury, Markus ^a   Harsh, James B ^a   Mathison, Jon B ^a   Vogs, Carolina ^b,c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

colloid; Hanford; mobilization; recharge; transport

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; COLLOIDS; GROUNDWATER; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IRON OXIDES; SEDIMENTS; SILICATES; WEATHERING;

ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; HANFORD; MOBILIZATION; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; RECHARGE; TRANSPORT; US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY;

INFILTRATION;

COLLOID; INFILTRATION; LYSIMETER; MOBILIZATION; OUTFLOW; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RECHARGE; SEMIARID REGION; VADOSE ZONE; WATER CONTENT; WEATHERING;

HANFORD; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84885114029     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20343     Document Type: Article

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