Nature's uncommon elements: Plutonium and technetium

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 275-285

  Curtis, David ^a   Fabryka Martin, June ^a   Dixon, Paul ^a   Cramer, Jan ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; ORE DEPOSIT; PLUTONIUM; TECHNETIUM; URANIUM;

EID: 0032795416     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00282-8     Document Type: Article

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