Contrasting response of ThSiO4 and monazite to natural irradiation

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-14

  Seydoux Guillaume, Anne Magali ^a   Wirth, Richard ^b   Ingrin, Jannick ^a  

^a Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggregate spheres; Amorphous thorium silicate; FTIR; Monazite; Natural irradiation; TEM

Indexed keywords

DEFECT DENSITY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ION BEAMS; IRRADIATION; MONAZITE; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; RADIATION; SILICATES; SILICON; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SPHERES; TEXTURES; THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS; THORIUM METALLOGRAPHY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGGREGATE SPHERE; AGGREGATED SPHERES; DIFFRACTION CONTRAST; FOCUSED ION BEAM TECHNIQUE; FTIR; IRRADIATION DAMAGE; NATURAL IRRADIATION; SELF-IRRADIATION;

THORIUM COMPOUNDS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; MONAZITE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 34249810913     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2007/0019-007     Document Type: Article

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