Geochemical alteration of pyrochlore group minerals: Betafite subgroup

American Mineralogist

Volumn 81, Issue 9-10, 1996, Pages 1237-1248

  Lumpkin, Gregory R ^a   Ewing, Rodney C ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM OXIDE; OXIDE MINERALS; RADIATION DAMAGE; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); TEMPERATURE;

BULK COMPOSITIONS; INERT ATMOSPHERES; PARTIAL DEHYDRATIONS; PHASE ASSEMBLAGES; PYROCHLORE-GROUP MINERAL; SECONDARY ALTERATION; SUBSTITUTION MECHANISMS; VOLUME EXPANSION;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ALTERATION; BETAFITE; ELEMENT MOBILITY; HYDRATION; PYROCHLORE;

EID: 0030436285     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1996-9-1022     Document Type: Article

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