Phosphor imaging as a tool for in situ mapping of ppm levels of uranium and thorium in rocks and minerals

Chemical Geology

Volumn 193, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 127-136

  Cole, Jennifer M ^a   Nienstedt, Jessica ^a   Spataro, Glenn ^a   Rasbury, E Troy ^a   Lanzirotti, Antonio ^b   Celestian, Aaron J ^a   Nilsson, Melanie ^c   Hanson, Gilbert N ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; Phosphor imaging; Th; U

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; IMAGING METHOD; MAPPING; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; THIN SECTION; THORIUM; URANIUM;

EID: 0037082277     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(02)00223-1     Document Type: Article

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