Chemical Changes of Minerals Trapped in the Lichen Trapelia involutai Implication for Lichen Effect on Mobility of Uranium and Toxic Metals

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2002, Pages 943-945

  Kasama, Takeshi ^a,d   Murakami, Takashi ^a   Ohnuki, Toshihiko ^b   Purvis, William ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological weathering; Lichens; Metatorbernite; Sericite

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010543221     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2002.10875624     Document Type: Article

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