Geochemistry of accessory minerals associated with radioactive mineralisation in the central Eastern Desert, Egypt

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 237-252

  El Kammar, A M ^a   El Hazik, N ^b   Mahdi, M ^b   Aly, N ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Nuclear Material Authority   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY MINERAL; MINERALIZATION; RADIOACTIVITY; SHEAR ZONE; URANIUM;

EGYPT, EASTERN DESERT;

EID: 0031418404     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(97)00101-2     Document Type: Article

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