ESR and CL Observed in Quartz Grains from Uranium Deposits: Implications for Uranium Migration in Natural Hydrogeological Environments

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 331-334

  Toyoda, S ^a,d   Komuro, K ^b   Sato, K ^c   Ikeya, M ^a   Yoshida, H ^c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cathode luminescence; Dating; Electron spin resonance, ESR; Quartz; Uranium deposits

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043252149     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.1998.82.special-issue.331     Document Type: Article

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