The Rožná uranium deposit (Bohemian Massif, Czech Republic): Shear zone-hosted, late Variscan and post-Variscan hydrothermal mineralization

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-128

  Kríbek, Bohdan ^a   Žák, Karel ^a   Dobeá, Petr ^a   Leichmann, Jaromír ^b   Pudilová, Marta ^c   René, Miloá ^d   Scharm, Bohdan ^e   Scharmová, Marta ^e   Hájek, Antonín ^f   Holeczy, Daniel ^f   Hein, Ulrich F ^g   Lehmann, Bernd ^h  

^a CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF ROCK STRUCTURE AND MECHANICS   (Czech Republic)

^e Branch GEAM ^*  (Czech Republic)

^f Branch GEAM   (Czech Republic)

^g Octavia AG   (Germany)

^h CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bohemian Massif; Czech Republic; Ro n ; Uranium

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; FLUID INCLUSION; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; HOST ROCK; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; METEORIC WATER; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; OROGENY; PARAGENESIS; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM; SHEAR ZONE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; URANIUM;

BOHEMIAN MASSIF; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 57849090490     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-008-0188-0     Document Type: Article

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