Age and mineralogy of supergene uranium minerals - Tools to unravel geomorphological and palaeohydrological processes in granitic terrains (Bohemian Massif, SE Germany)

Geomorphology

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 44-65

  Dill, H G ^a   Gerdes, A ^b   Weber, B ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Granitic terrain; Landscape; Mineralogy; Supergene uranium minerals; U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; GRANITE; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MINERALOGY; MOBILE BELT; NEOGENE; ORE MINERAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOHYDROLOGY; QUATERNARY; REDOX CONDITIONS; SUPERGENE PROCESS; TERRAIN; URANIUM;

BOHEMIAN MASSIF; GERMANY;

EID: 77549086855     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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