Retention of uranium in complexly altered zircon: An example from Bancroft, Ontario

Chemical Geology

Volumn 269, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 290-300

  Nasdala, Lutz ^a   Hanchar, John M ^b   Rhede, Dieter ^c   Kennedy, Allen K ^d   Váczi, Tamás ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Radiation damage; Uranium retention; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; INCLUSION; LEACHING; POROSITY; PROTEROZOIC; RADIATION DAMAGE; TEXTURE; URANIUM; ZIRCON; ZONING;

BANCROFT; CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

STENIA;

EID: 74149092644     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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