Structures of strontium- and barium-dominant compounds that contain the autunite-type sheet

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 721-733

  Locock, Andrew J ^a   Burns, Peter C ^b   Flynn, Theodore M ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Autunite; Crystal structure; Gel synthesis; Heinrichite; Hydrothermal synthesis; Meta uranocircite I; Meta uranocircite II; Metaheinrichite; Uranocircite; Uranospinite; Uranyl arsenate; Uranyl phosphate

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DETECTORS; HYDROGEN BONDS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EQUATORIAL VERTICES; FULL MATRIX-LEAST-SQUARE TECHNIQUES; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; INTENSITY DATA;

STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS;

AUTUNITE; BARIUM; MINERAL SYNTHESIS; STRONTIUM; URANIUM;

EID: 21944453111     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.43.2.721     Document Type: Article

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