Geochemistry of uraniferous bitumen in the Southwest Athabasca basin, Saskatchewan, Canada

Economic Geology

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1605-1612

  Alexandre, P ^a   Kyser, T K ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; COPRECIPITATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TEXTURES; URANIUM;

BITUMEN GLOBULES; URANIFEROUS BITUMEN; URANINITE; URANIUM MINERALIZATION;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

BITUMEN; CARBON ISOTOPE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAIN SIZE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; URANINITE;

ATHABASCA BASIN; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 34249899933     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.101.8.1605     Document Type: Article

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