Radiation damage in zircons

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte

Volumn , Issue 6, 1997, Pages 257-270

  Biagini, R ^a   Memmi, I ^a   Olmi, F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

High level waste storage; Metamictization processes; Radiation damage; Zircon

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031479127     PISSN: 00283649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njmm/1997/1997/257     Document Type: Article

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