The interactions of strontium and technetium with Fe(II) bearing biominerals: Implications for bioremediation of radioactively contaminated land

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 135-143

  Thorpe, Clare L ^a   Boothman, Christopher ^a   Lloyd, Jonathan R ^a   Law, Gareth T W ^a   Bryan, Nicholas D ^a   Atherton, Nick ^b   Livens, Francis R ^a   Morris, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SELLAFIELD LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE CONDITIONS; AQUEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; CONTAMINATED LANDS; CONTAMINATED SITES; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINANTS; REDUCING CONDITIONS; THERMODYNAMIC MODELLING;

BIOREMEDIATION; CONTAMINATION; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON ORES; LOADING; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SORPTION; STRONTIUM; TECHNETIUM; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALKALINITY;

ALKALINITY; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTAMINATED LAND; ELEMENT MOBILITY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; REDUCTION; SIDERITE; SOIL POLLUTION; SORPTION; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TECHNETIUM; VIVIANITE;

CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; SELLAFIELD; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84890680449     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2013.11.005     Document Type: Article

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