Organic geochemistry of the Dongsheng sedimentary uranium ore deposits, China

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1949-1969

  Tuo, Jincai ^a   Ma, Wanyun ^a,b   Zhang, Mingfeng ^a,b   Wang, Xianbin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBONS; ISOMERS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SANDSTONE; SILT;

HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT (HMW); INTERBEDDED ORGANIC MATTERS; SILTSTONES;

URANIUM;

ALKANE; CARBON ISOTOPE; HOST ROCK; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ORE DEPOSIT; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MATTER; SANDSTONE; SILTSTONE; SOURCE ROCK; STABLE ISOTOPE; URANIUM;

ASIA; CHINA; DONGSHENG; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 34548013520     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.03.060     Document Type: Article

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