Improved and new uses of natural radioactivity in mineral exploration and processing

Exploration and Mining Geology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 105-117

  De Meijer, R J ^a,b,c   Stapel, C ^a,b,c   Jones, D G ^a,b,c   Roberts, P D ^a,b,c   Rozendaal, A ^a,b,c   Macdonald, W G ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL EXPLORATION; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY;

EID: 0031395698     PISSN: 09641823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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