The effects of water radiolysis on local redox conditions in the Oklo, Gabon, natural fission reactors 10 and 16

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 4479-4494

  Savary, Véronique ^a   Pagel, Maurice ^a,b  

^a CREGU Centre de Recherches sur la Geologie des Matieres Premieres Minerales et Energetiques   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL FISSION REACTOR; RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; RADIOLYSIS; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; REDOX CONDITIONS;

GABON, OKLO;

EID: 0031428632     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00261-5     Document Type: Article

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