A comparison of radiation effects in crystalline ABO4-type phosphates and silicates

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 185-194

  Meldrum, A ^a   Boatner, L A ^b   Ewing, R C ^c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amorphization; Metamictization; Monazite; Plutonium; Radiation effects; Waste form; Zircon

Indexed keywords

MONAZITE; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; ZIRCON;

EID: 0034076087     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/002646100549283     Document Type: Article

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