Natural radiation-induced damage in quartz. I. Correlations between cathodoluminence colors and paramagnetic defects

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1565-1580

  Botis, Sanda ^a   Nokhrin, Sergiy M ^a   Pan, Yuanming ^a   Xu, Yingkai ^a   Bonli, Thomas ^a   Sopuck, Vlad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b CAMECO CORPORATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Athabasca Basin; Cathodoluminescence; McArthur River uranium deposit; Paramagnetic defects; Quartz; Radiation damage; Saskatchewan

Indexed keywords

ISOCHRONAL ANNEALING; PARAMAGNETIC DEFECTS; PEROXY CENTERS; SILICON VACANCY HOLE CENTERS;

ANNEALING; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; FRACTURE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMAGNETISM; RADIATION DAMAGE; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SOLAR RADIATION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

QUARTZ;

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; QUARTZ; RADIATION DAMAGE;

EID: 32944458857     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.43.5.1565     Document Type: Article

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