The search for uranium in 'nuclear-free' New Zealand: Prospecting on the West Coast, 1940s to 1970s

New Zealand Geographer

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-134

  Priestley, Rebecca ^a  

^a NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Buller Gorge; Department of Scientific and Industrial Research; Mining; Nuclear; Uranium

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; GORGE; MINING; ORE DEPOSIT; URANIUM;

AUSTRALASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NEW ZEALAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746445888     PISSN: 00288144     EISSN: 17457939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7939.2006.00055.x     Document Type: Article

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