Diagenetic formation of uranium-silica polymers in lake sediments over 3,300 years.
Lefebvre P, Gourgiotis A, Mangeret A, Sabatier P, Le Pape P, Diez O, Louvat P, Menguy N, Merrot P, Baya C, Zebracki M, Blanchart P, Malet E, Jézéquel D, Reyss JL, Bargar JR, Gaillardet J, Cazala C, Morin G.
Lefebvre P, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Jan 26;118(4):e2021844118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2021844118.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021.
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We demonstrate that, after sediment deposition, mononuclear U(IV) species associated with organic matter transformed into authigenic polymeric U(IV)-silica species that might have partially converted to a nanocrystalline coffinite (U(IV)SiO(4).nH(2)O)-like phase. This diag …
We demonstrate that, after sediment deposition, mononuclear U(IV) species associated with organic matter transformed into authigenic polymer …