Redistribution of fissiogenic and non-fissiogenic REE, Th and U in and around natural fission reactors at Oklo and Bangombe, Gabon

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2093-2108

  Hidaka, Hiroshi ^a,b   Gauthier Lafaye, François ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORE DEPOSIT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; THORIUM; URANIUM; WEATHERING;

GABON;

EID: 0033945240     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(00)00364-1     Document Type: Article

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