Radiation-induced defects in drusy quartz, Athabasca basin, Canada: A new aid to exploration of uranium deposits

Economic Geology

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1571-1580

  Hu, Baoqun ^a   Pan, Yuanming ^a   Botis, Sanda ^a   Rogers, Brett ^a   Kotzer, Tom ^a   Yeo, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Denison Mines Corp   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHABASCA BASINS; BASEMENT ROCKS; BEFORE AND AFTER; DETECTION LIMITS; ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCES; ELEVATED LEVELS; EPR SPECTRUM; HF TREATMENTS; NEAR SURFACES; QUARTZ CRYSTALS; RADIATION-INDUCED DEFECTS; ROOM TEMPERATURES; SASKATCHEWAN , CANADA; URANIUM MINERALIZATIONS; URANIUM OREBODIES;

ACTINIDES; BUILDINGS; CRYSTALS; DEFECTS; ELECTRON RESONANCE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MINERALOGY; ORES; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMAGNETISM; POWDER COATINGS; QUANTUM THEORY; QUARTZ; RADIATION; SANDSTONE; SURFACE DEFECTS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM; URANIUM DEPOSITS;

OXIDE MINERALS;

BASEMENT ROCK; CRYSTALLIZATION; DETECTION METHOD; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; MINERALIZATION; ORE BODY; QUARTZ; URANIUM;

ATHABASCA BASIN; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 61849089764     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.103.7.1571     Document Type: Article

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