Structural chemistry of uranium associated with Si, Al, Fe gels in a granitic uranium mine

Chemical Geology

Volumn 158, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 81-103

  Allard, Thierry ^a   Ildefonse, Philippe ^a   Beaucaire, Catherine ^b   Calas, Georges ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

Author keywords

EXAFS; FTIR; Gels; Uranium; Weathering; XANES

Indexed keywords

URANIUM; WEATHERING;

FRANCE;

EID: 0033519567     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00025-X     Document Type: Article

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