Effect of subgrid heterogeneity on scaling geochemical and biogeochemical reactions: A case of U(VI) desorption

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1745-1752

  Liu, Chongxuan ^a   Shang, Jianying ^a   Shan, Huimei ^a,b   Zachara, John M ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; POLLUTANT; URANIUM;

ADSORPTION; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; POLLUTANT; SEDIMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADSORPTION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; URANIUM;

EID: 84893606590     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es404224j     Document Type: Article

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