Fate of trace elements during alteration of uraninite in a hydrothermal vein-type U-deposit from Marshall Pass, Colorado, USA

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 71, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 4954-4973

  Deditius, Artur P ^a   Utsunomiya, Satoshi ^a   Ewing, Rodney C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SUPERGENE PROCESS; TRACE ELEMENT; URANINITE; URANIUM;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35448966586     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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