U-Pb ages of secondary silica at Yucca Mountain, Nevada: Implications for the paleohydrology of the unsaturated zone

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 709-734

  Neymark, L A ^a   Amelin, Y ^b   Paces, J B ^a   Peterman, Z E ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; LEAD; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SILICA; URANIUM;

PALEOHYDROLOGY;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CENOZOIC; PALEOHYDROLOGY; SECONDARY MINERAL; SILICA; TUFF; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036213878     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(02)00032-X     Document Type: Article

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