Rare earth element trends and cerium-uranium-manganese associations in weathered rock from Koongarra, Northern Territory, Australia

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1695-1707

  Koppi, Anthony J ^d   Edis, Robert ^a,b   Field, Damien J ^d   Geering, Harold R ^d   Klessa, David A ^c   Cockayne, David J H ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Off of the Supervising Scientist   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAHILL SCHIST FORMATION; CERIUM; MANGANESE; REE; URANIUM; WEATHERING;

AUSTRALIA, NORTHERN TERRITORY, KOONGARRA;

EID: 0029775359     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(96)00047-6     Document Type: Article

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