(234)U/(238)U activity ratio disequilibrium technique for studying uranium mobility in the Opalinus Clay at Mont Terri, Switzerland
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2010
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Mobility of naturally occurring U-238 and U-234 radionuclides was studied in a low permeability, reducing claystone formation (Opalinus Clay) near its contact with an overlying oxidising aquifer (Dogger Limestones) at Mont Terri, Switzerland. Our data point to a limited redistribution of U in some of the studied samples. Observed centimetre-scale U mobility is explained by slow diffusive transport of U-234 in the pore waters of the Opalinus Clay driven by spatially variable in situ supply (by alpha-recoil) of U-234 from the rock matrix. Metre-scale mobility is interpreted as a result of infiltration of meteoric water into the overlying aquifer which developed gradients of U concentration across the two rock formations. This triggered a slow in-diffusion of U with (U-234/U-238) > 1 into the Opalinus Clay as attested by a clear-cut pattern of decreasing bulk rock (U-234/U-238) inwards the Opalinus Clay, away from the Dogger Limestones. |
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http://boris.unibe.ch/6384/1/234U.pdf Pekala, M.; Kramers, J.; Waber, H.N. (2010). (234)U/(238)U activity ratio disequilibrium technique for studying uranium mobility in the Opalinus Clay at Mont Terri, Switzerland. Applied radiation and isotopes, 68(6), pp. 984-992. Oxford: Elsevier 10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.02.009 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.02.009> doi:10.7892/boris.6384 info:doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.02.009 urn:issn:0969-8043 |
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eng |
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Elsevier |
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http://boris.unibe.ch/6384/ |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
Fonte |
Pekala, M.; Kramers, J.; Waber, H.N. (2010). (234)U/(238)U activity ratio disequilibrium technique for studying uranium mobility in the Opalinus Clay at Mont Terri, Switzerland. Applied radiation and isotopes, 68(6), pp. 984-992. Oxford: Elsevier 10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.02.009 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.02.009> |
Palavras-Chave | #550 Earth sciences & geology |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion PeerReviewed |
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