Simulation of liberation and transport of radium from uranium tailings

Uranium in the Environment: Mining Impact and Consequences

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 609-618

  De Lurdes Dinis, Maria ^a   Fiúza, António ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM;

ADVECTION EQUATIONS; LARGE AMOUNTS; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; SIMULTANEOUS RETARDATION; STEADY-STATE TRANSPORT; THEORETICAL APPROACH; WELL LOCATION;

URANIUM;

EID: 84896630892     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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