Mechanism of uranium accumulation in the Kupferschiefer from Poland and Germany

Energy Exploration and Exploitation

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 463-473

  Yu Zhuang, Sun ^a   Wang, Jinxi ^a   Li, Shifeng ^a   Jin, Kankun ^a   Lin, Mingyue ^a  

^a HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Germany; Kupferschiefer; Organic matter; Poland; Uranium

Indexed keywords

BRINES; GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RADIOACTIVE WASTE TRANSPORTATION;

GERMANY; KUPFERSCHIEFER; ORGANIC MATTERS; POLAND; URANIUM ACCUMULATION;

URANIUM;

EID: 33646758604     PISSN: 01445987     EISSN: 01445987     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/014459805776986902     Document Type: Review

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