Allanite-(Ce) from the Eocene Casto granite, Idaho: Response to hydrothermal alteration

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 81-100

  Wood, Scott A ^a   Ricketts, Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Allanite (Ce); Casto granite; Hydrothermal alteration; Idaho; Monazite (Ce); Radioactive waste analogue; Rare earth elements; Thorium

Indexed keywords

ALLANITE; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; GRANITE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MINERAL ALTERATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION;

IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034088289     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.38.1.81     Document Type: Article

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