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The geochemistry of uranium in pore waters from lake sediments

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The concentration of pore water uranium in six sediments from oligotrophic, mesotrophic, acidotrophic and dystrophic lakes was measured by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Profiles of pore water U can be divided into two groups such as low (17±7 ng/l) and high concentration (69±30 ng/l). These values were 1–2 orders of magnitude higher than that of lake waters (6±4 ng/l) due to the release of U from the sediments by decomposition of organic materials. Variations in pore water U concentrations seem to relate to the differences in pore water pH, the association forms, and their contents of U in the lake sediments.

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  1. Institute for Chemistry Research, Kyoto University Gokasho, Uji, 611-0011, Japan

    S. Nagao

  2. Department of Environmental Sciences, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI), Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, 319-1195, Ibaraki, Japan

    N. Yanase & H. Amano

  3. Low Level Radioactivity Laboratory, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, 923-1224, Japan

    M. Yamamoto & H. Kofuji

  4. Faculty of Technology, Kanazawa University, 2-40-20 Kodatsuno, Kanazawa, 920-8667, Japan

    Y. Sohrin

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Nagao, S., Yanase, N., Yamamoto, M. et al. The geochemistry of uranium in pore waters from lake sediments. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 252, 225–232 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015741616963

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