Corrosion of depleted uranium in an arid environment: Soil-geomorphology, SEM/EDS, XRD, and electron microprobe analyses

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 545-561

  Buck, Brenda J ^a,c   Brock, Amy L ^a   Johnson, William H ^a   Ulery, April L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Geoscience ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Amorphous silica; Arid soils; Metaschoepite; Schoepite; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CORROSION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SOILS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOGENIC URANIUM; PRIMARY PRODUCTS; SOIL GRAINS;

URANIUM;

EID: 8744245219     PISSN: 10588337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320380490897650     Document Type: Conference Paper

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