Geochemical constraints on the origin and stability of the Tono Uranium Deposit, Japan

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-48

  Arthur, Randolph C ^a   Iwatsuki, Teruki ^b   Sasao, Eiji ^b   Metcalfe, Richard ^c   Amano, Kenji ^b   Ota, Kunio ^b  

^a Monitor Scientific LLC   (United States)

^b Mizunami Geoscience Academy   (Japan)

^c Quintesa Limited   (Japan)

Author keywords

Natural analogue; Palaeoredox; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BOREHOLES; CALCITE; DEPOSITS; GRANITE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; METASTABLE PHASES; ORGANIC MINERALS; OXIDE MINERALS; PARTICLE SIZE; REDOX REACTIONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRACE ELEMENTS; URANIUM; URANIUM DEPOSITS; URANIUM DIOXIDE;

DATA CHARACTERIZING; HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS; METASTABLE EQUILIBRIA; NATURAL ANALOGUE; PALAEOREDOX; PARTICLE SIZE EFFECT; SULPHATE REDUCTION; TRACE ELEMENT CONTENT;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

GEOCHEMISTRY; NATURAL ANALOG; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY;

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

EID: 33344456082     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-7873/05-081     Document Type: Article

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