Mineralogical, chemical and oxygen isotopic data on uraninites from natural fission reactors (Gabon): effects of weathering conditions

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 326, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 485-492

  Pourcelot, Laurent ^a   Gauthier Lafaye, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NATURAL FISSION REACTOR; URANINITE; WEATHERING;

EID: 0032047326     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(98)80075-X     Document Type: Article

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