Radionuclide-contaminated soils: A mineralogical perspective for their remediation

Soil Mineralogy with Environmental Applications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2018, Pages 737-763

  Elless, M P ^a   Lee, S Y ^b  

^a Edenspace System Corporation   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mineralogical information; Physicochemical data; Radionuclide contaminated soils; Remedial technology; Uranium contaminated soils

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102226899     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2136/sssabookser7.c25     Document Type: Chapter

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