Supergene mineralization of the Medvědín uranium deposit, Krkonoše mountains, Czech Republic

Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-56

  Plášil, Jakub ^a,b   Sejkora, Jiří ^a   Čejka, Jiří ^a   Škoda, Radek ^c   Goliáš, Viktor ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

EPMA; Infrared spectroscopy; Mineral succession; Supergene minerals; Thermal analysis; Uranium; XRD

Indexed keywords

AUTUNITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MINERAL ALTERATION; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SUPERGENE PROCESS; URANIUM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; KARKONOSZE MOUNTAINS; SUDETES;

EID: 67649580513     PISSN: 18026222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3190/jgeosci.029     Document Type: Article

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