Radiation damage in diopside and calcite crystals from uranothorianite inclusions

Chemical Geology

Volumn 261, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 318-332

  Seydoux Guillaume, Anne Magali ^a   Montel, Jean Marc ^a   Wirth, Richard ^b   Moine, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alteration; Calcite; Diopside; FIB TEM; Pleochroic halo; Radiation damage; Uranothorianite

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; DIOPSIDE; FLUID INCLUSION; RADIATION DAMAGE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 63449136440     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.04.013     Document Type: Article

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