Petrography and genetic history of coffinite and uraninite from the Liueryiqi granite-hosted uranium deposit, SE China

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 187-197

  Min, Maozhong ^a   Fang, Changquan ^a   Fayek, Mostafa ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Knoxville s Institute of American Civics at the Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs   (United States)

Author keywords

Banded texture; China; Coffinite; Genesis; Granite; Liueryiqi; Uranium

Indexed keywords

COFFINITE; CONCENTRIC BANDS; ELECTRON MICROPROBE; URANINITE;

AGGLOMERATION; DISSOLUTION; GRANITE; PETROGRAPHY; SILICA; TEXTURES; THERMAL EFFECTS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

URANIUM DEPOSITS;

ORE DEPOSIT; URANIUM;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 21644440568     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2004.10.006     Document Type: Article

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