Thorium in crandallite-group minerals: An example from a Devonian bauxite deposit, Timan, Russia

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 489-497

  Mordberg, L E ^a  

^a A P KARPINSKY RUSSIAN GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bauxite; Crandallite; Devonian; Florencite; Goyazite; Russia; Svanbergite; Thorium; Timan; Weathering; Woodhouseite

Indexed keywords

BOEHMITE CRYSTALS; CRANDALLITE-GROUP MINERALS;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; POSITIVE IONS; THORIUM; WEATHERING;

MINERALOGY;

BAUXITE; CRANDALLITE; DEVONIAN; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; ORE DEPOSIT; THORIUM;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; RUSSIAN PLATFORM; TIMAN RIDGE;

EID: 4444263355     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461046830200     Document Type: Article

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