Redistribution of U, Pb and REE in association with alteration of uranium minerals from the Koongarra deposit, Northern Territory, Australia

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 92, Issue 9-11, 2004, Pages 805-808

  Horie, Kenji ^a   Hidaka, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Koongarra deposit; REE; SHRIMP; U Pb systematics; Uranium minerals; Water rock interaction

Indexed keywords

LEAD; MINERAL; URANIUM;

AUSTRALIA; CHRONOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MICROANALYSIS; WEATHERING;

EID: 10344265041     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.92.9.805.55013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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