Smectite-zeolite envelope surrounding the Tsukiyoshi uranium deposit, central Japan: A natural analogue study

Resource Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 293-304

  Utada, Minoru ^a  

^a NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mizunami Group; Natural analogue; Retardation of uranium migration; Smectite; Tsukiyoshi uranium deposit; Zeolite

Indexed keywords

AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; NATURAL ANALOG; ORE DEPOSIT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; SMECTITE; URANIUM;

ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GIFU; HONSHU; JAPAN;

EID: 1842504980     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2003.tb00178.x     Document Type: Article

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