A system model for the origin and evolution of the Tono Uranium Deposit, Japan

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-31

  Metcalfe, Richard ^a   Takase, Hiroyasu ^a   Sasao, Eiji ^b   Ota, Kunio ^b   Iwatsuki, Teruki ^b   Arthur, Randolph C ^c   Stenhouse, Michael J ^c   Zhou, Wei ^c   Mackenzie, Angus B ^d  

^a Quintessa Limited   (Japan)

^b Tono Geoscience Center   (Japan)

^c Monitor Scientific LLC   (United States)

^d SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Natural analogue; Uranium deposit

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOSITS; GROUNDWATER; NUMERICAL MODELS; ORES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILVER DEPOSITS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; URANIUM; URANIUM DEPOSITS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PERTURBATIONS; HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; NATURAL ANALOGUE; OXIDIZING CONDITIONS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORY; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL SITES;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

NATURAL ANALOG; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; URANIUM;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; IWATE; JAPAN; TOHOKU; TONO;

EID: 33344454423     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-7873/05-080     Document Type: Article

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