Evolution of uranium and thorium minerals

American Mineralogist

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1293-1311

  Hazen, Robert M ^a   Ewing, Rodney C ^b   Sverjensky, Dimitri A ^a,c  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geobiology; Mineral evolution; Ore deposits; Thorium; Uranium

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE MINERALS; DEPOSITS; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR REACTORS; ORE DEPOSITS; OXIDATION; OXIDE MINERALS; RADIATION CHEMISTRY; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFATE MINERALS; THORIA; THORIUM; THORIUM DEPOSITS; URANIUM; URANIUM DEPOSITS; URANIUM DIOXIDE; WEATHERING;

GEOBIOLOGY; GEOCHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS; GREAT OXIDATION EVENT; HYDROTHERMAL SOLUTION; MINERAL EVOLUTIONS; NATURAL NUCLEAR REACTOR; ORGANIC-RICH SEDIMENT; URANIUM MINERALIZATION;

ORES;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EVOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PROTEROZOIC; REDOX CONDITIONS; THORIUM; URANIUM;

GABON;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 76649087364     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2009.3208     Document Type: Article

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