Granite recrystallization: The key to the nuclear waste problem?

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 657-660

  Gibb, Fergus G F ^a   Attrill, Philip G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b PAREXEL INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Borehole; Continental crust; Crystallization; Melting; Radioactive waste disposal

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE DISPOSAL;

BOREHOLES; GRANITE; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; RADIOISOTOPES; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY);

GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; GRANITE; MELTING; P-T CONDITIONS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RECRYSTALLIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0141568841     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G19410.1     Document Type: Article

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