Effects of cationic substitutions and alteration in uraninite, and implications for the dating of uranium deposits

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1005-1017

  Alexandre, Paul ^a,b   Kyser, T Kurt ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Athabasca Basin; Canada; Crystal chemistry; Saskatchewan; U Pb chemical ages; Unconformity type uranium deposits; Uraninite

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; IRON; LEAD; MINERALOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POSITIVE IONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTS; SILICON; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CANADA; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; UNCONFORMITY TYPE URANIUM DEPOSITS; URANINITE;

URANIUM DEPOSITS;

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; URANINITE; URANIUM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24944500130     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.43.3.1005     Document Type: Article

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