A new complex sheet of uranyl polyhedra in the structure of wolsendorfite

American Mineralogist

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1661-1673

  Burns, Peter C ^a  

^a 236 Hesburgh Center for International Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NEGATIVE IONS; OXIDE MINERALS; POSITIVE IONS; TOPOLOGY; URANIUM DIOXIDE;

COMPLEX SHEET; DIRECT METHOD; FULL MATRIXES; GOODNESS OF FIT; INTERLAYER CATION; LEAST SQUARES TECHNIQUES; SPACE GROUPS; URANYL IONS;

GEOMETRY;

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; URANIUM;

EID: 0033369134     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1999-1021     Document Type: Article

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