Isotopic Analyses by Using a Sensitive High Resolution Ion Micro-Probe (SHRIMP) for Natural Analogue Study of Oklo and Bangombé Natural Fission Reactors

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 327-330

  Hidaka, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fission products; Ion microprobe; Isotopes; Natural analogue; Oklo

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242452361     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.1998.82.special-issue.327     Document Type: Article

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