Low-temperature aqueous alteration of crystalline pyrochlore: Correspondence between nature and experiment

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 905-922

  Geisler, T ^a   Berndt, J ^a   Meyer, H W ^a   Pollok, K ^a   Putnis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aqueous alteration; Microlite; Nuclear waste; Pyrochlore

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; ELECTRON SCATTERING; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MINERALS; NEGATIVE IONS; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

ANION VACANCIES; BACKSCATTERED ELECTRON (BSE) IMAGING; CRYSTALLINE PYROCHLORE; NATURAL MICROLITE;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; MINERAL ALTERATION; PYROCHLORE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE;

EID: 12944266738     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461046860230     Document Type: Article

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