The incorporation of actinides in monazite and xenotime from placer deposits in Western Australia

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 95-104

  Van Emden, Bob ^a   Thornber, Mike R ^b   Graham, Jim ^a   Lincoln, Frank J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actinides; Composition; Electron microprobe analysis; Incorporation; Mechanisms; Mineral sand; Monazite (Ce); Statisitical analysis; Western Australia; Xenotime

Indexed keywords

MINERAL SAND; MONAZITE; PLACER DEPOSIT; THORIUM; URANIUM; XENOTIME;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030734971     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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