Natural radiation-induced damage in quartz. II. Distribution and implications for uranium mineralization in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1387-1402

  Botis, Sanda ^a   Pan, Yuanming ^a   Bonli, Thomas ^a   Xu, Yingkai ^a   Zhang, Aimin ^a   Nokhrin, Sergiy ^a   Sopuck, Vlad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b CAMECO CORPORATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Athabasca basin; Cathodoluminescence; Electron paragmagnetic resonance; Quartz; Radiation induced damage; Saskatchewan; Uranium mineralization

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; FRACTURE; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; ROCKS; TECTONICS;

ATHABASCA BASIN; RADIATION-INDUCED DAMAGE; SASKATCHEWAN; URANIUM MINERALIZATION;

QUARTZ;

BASEMENT ROCK; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; DIAGENESIS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; IMAGING METHOD; MINERALIZATION; QUARTZ; RADIATION DAMAGE; URANIUM;

ATHABASCA BASIN; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; KEY LAKE; MCARTHUR RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN TERRITORY; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 33847004338     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.44.6.1387     Document Type: Article

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