Radiation-induced defects in dickites from the El Berrocal granitic system (Spain): Relation with past occurrence of natural radioelements

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 629-640

  Allard, Thierry ^a   Ildefonse, Philippe ^b   Pérez Del Villar, Luis ^b   Sorieul, Stéphanie ^a   Pelayo, Marta ^b   Boizot, Bruno ^c   Balan, Etienne ^a   Calas, Georges ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b CIEMAT   (Spain)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Clay minerals; Dickite; EPR; Radiation induced defects

Indexed keywords

CLAY DEPOSITS; CLAY MINERALS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; GEOLOGY; KAOLINITE; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; URANIUM DEPOSITS;

DICKITE; ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY; MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS; NATIVE RADIATION-INDUCED DEFECTS; RADIATION INDUCED DEFECTS; SECONDARY ALTERATION; SPECTROSCOPIC PARAMETERS;

DEFECTS;

CLAY MINERAL; DICKITE; FRACTURE; GRANITE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SMECTITE;

CASTILLA-LA MANCHA; EL BORROCAL; SPAIN;

EID: 0041424886     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2003/0015-0629     Document Type: Article

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