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This study deals with concentrations of heavy metals and the main uranium series radionuclide in the Syr Darya surface waters (Kazakhstan). Large proportion of studied heavy metals were transported with suspended matter (> 0.45 μm), while large proportion of U (98–100 %) and Mo (81–100 %) were in dissolved forms and colloidal fraction (< 0.45 μm).
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This work is supported by project from the Ministry of education and science of the RK (Registration Number #0112RK02582).
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Satybaldiyev, B., Tuovinen, H., Uralbekov, B., Lehto, J., Burkitbayev, M. (2015). Heavy metals and natural radionuclides in the water of Syr Darya River, Kazakhstan. In: Merkel, B., Arab, A. (eds) Uranium - Past and Future Challenges. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11059-2_18
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