Colloid properties and their effects on radionuclide transport through soils and groundwaters

Geochemistry of Soil Radionuclides

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 131-163

  Honeyman, Bruce D ^a   Ranville, James F ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqueous phase; Colloid deposition; Colloid generation; Colloid phase; Colloid properties; Colloid facilitated contaminant transport; Groundwater; Immobile phase; Radionuclide partitioning; Soil

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027072988     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaspecpub59.c7     Document Type: Chapter

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