The degradation of monazite: Implications for the mobility of rare-earth and actinide elements during low-temperature alteration

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 487-498

  Read, David ^a   Andreoli, Marco A G ^a   Knoper, Mike ^a   Williams, C Terry ^a   Jarvis, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actinides; Monazite alteration; Rare earth elements; South Africa; Steenkampskraal; Thorium; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; MICROCRYSTALS; MONAZITE; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RARE EARTHS; ROCK PRODUCTS; SILICATES; TEMPERATURE; THORIUM; THORIUM COMPOUNDS; THORIUM DEPOSITS; URANIUM; URANIUM DEPOSITS;

ACTINIDE ELEMENTS; DEGRADATION BEHAVIOURS; GROUNDWATER TRANSPORT; HEAVY RARE EARTHS; HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; LOW TEMPERATURE ALTERATION; SOUTH AFRICA; STEENKAMPSKRAAL;

MONAZITE DEPOSITS;

ACTINIDE; DEGRADATION; MINERAL ALTERATION; MONAZITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; THORIUM; URANIUM;

SOUTH AFRICA; STEENKAMPSKRAAL; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 0036281869     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2002/0014-0487     Document Type: Article

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