A new rare-earth-element uranyl carbonate sheet in the structure of bijvoetite-(Y)

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 153-162

  Li, Yaping ^a   Burns, Peter C ^a   Gault, Robert A ^b  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bijvoetite (Y); Nuclear waste disposal; Structure determination; Uranyl carbonate; Uranyl mineral

Indexed keywords

BIJVOETITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NEW MINERAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; URANIUM;

EID: 0034047231     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.38.1.153     Document Type: Article

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