Published online 25 August 2005
Published in Soil Sci Soc Am J 69:1652-1657 (2005)
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2004.0286
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Rhizosphere Effects on Cesium Fixation Sites of Soil Containing Micaceous Clays
Laura A. Wendlinga,*,
James B. Harshb,
Carl D. Palmerc,
Melinda A. Hamiltonc,
Heather M. Diond,
Jeffrey S. Boyleb and
Markus Fluryb
a USDA-ARS, P.O. Box 646120, Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA 99164-6120
b Dep. of Crop and Soil Sciences and Center for Multiphase Environmental Research, P.O. Box 646420, Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA 99164-6420
c Idaho National Lab., P.O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415
d Los Alamos National Lab., P.O. Box 1633, Los Alamos, NM 87545

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Fig. 1. Percentage of initial Cs in solution sorbed by bulk and rhizosphere soils.
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Fig. 2. Amount of Cs desorbed from bulk and rhizosphere soils as a percentage of total Cs sorbed.
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Fig. 3. Vanselow conditional exchange coefficients (cKex) calculated from binary Cs/Ca exchange on Ca-saturated bulk and rhizosphere soils.
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Fig. 4. Vanselow conditional exchange coefficients (cKex) calculated from binary Cs/K exchange on K-saturated bulk and rhizosphere soils.
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