Response to Stuckless and others (1998) on 'Overview of calcite/opal deposits at or near the proposed high-level nuclear waste site, Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA: Pedogenic, hypogene, or both?'

Environmental Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-81

  Hill, C A ^a   Dublyansky, Y V ^b  

^a Siberian Division ^*  (United States)

^b SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE WASTE;

EID: 0032990201     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050403     Document Type: Review

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