U6+ minerals and inorganic phases: A comparison and hierarchy of crystal structures

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 845-880

  Burns, Peter C ^a,b   Miller, Mark L ^a   Ewing, Rodney C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinide; Crystal structures; Nuclear waste; Structure classification; Structure hierarchy; Uranium; Uranyl

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDE; URANIUM; URANYL;

EID: 0030438268     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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