Genesis of the Sanbaqi deposit: A paleokarst-hosted uranium deposit in China

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 505-519

  Min, M ^a   Zheng, D ^b   Shen, B ^b   Wen, G ^b   Wang, X ^a   Gandhi, S S ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Uranium Geol and Exploration Bureau   (China)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIMESTONE; MINERALIZATION; PALAEOKARST; URANIUM;

CHINA, HUNAN PROVINCE;

EID: 0031457198     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001260050118     Document Type: Article

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