Uraniferous diagenetic xenotime in northern Australia and its relationship to unconformity-associated uranium mineralisation

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 51-64

  Vallini, Daniela A ^a   Groves, David I ^a   McNaughton, Neal J ^a   Fletcher, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; U Pbgeochronology; Unconformity associated uranium; Uraniferous xenotime

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MINERALIZATION; RECRYSTALLIZATION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; XENOTIME;

ATHABASCA BASIN; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN TERRITORY; TANAMI DESERT;

EID: 33846053716     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-005-0012-z     Document Type: Article

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