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Uranium in natural wetlands: a hydrogeochemical approach to reveal immobilization processes

Authors : Angelika Schöner, Martin Sauter, Georg Büchel

Published in: Uranium in the Environment

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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In the former uranium mining area in Eastern Germany small natural wetlands were studied with respect to there removal efficiency for uranium. Within this project we investigated surface water samples, plant material, sediment cores and pore waters to understand hydrogeochemical processes in natural wetlands, which are assumed to be dominant factors for uranium accumulation. Uranium contents of the wetland substrates are enriched up to 3000 times compared to pore water values. Autoradiography and SEM/EDX studies revealed evenly dispersed uranium in the wetland soils. Uranium appears to be mainly sorbed to organic matter, as also shown by sequential extractions. There is no evidence for precipitation of uranium minerals.

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Metadata
Title
Uranium in natural wetlands: a hydrogeochemical approach to reveal immobilization processes
Authors
Angelika Schöner
Martin Sauter
Georg Büchel
Copyright Year
2006
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-28367-6_38