The extreme diversity of uranium deposits

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-9

  Cuney, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOST ROCK; METALLOGENESIS; MODELING; SILICATE MELT; URANIUM;

EID: 57849122025     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-008-0223-1     Document Type: Review

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