Redistribution of REE, Pb and U by supergene weathering studied from in-situ isotopic analyses of the Bangombé natural reactor, Gabon

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 71, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 4716-4726

  Kikuchi, M ^a   Hidaka, H ^a,b   Horie, K ^a,c   Gauthier Lafaye, F ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^c DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; CLAY; GALENA; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEAD; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SHRIMP DATING; SUPERGENE PROCESS; URANINITE; URANIUM; ZIRCON;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; GABON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 35248882410     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.07.016     Document Type: Article

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