Mineral chemical study of U-bearing minerals from the Dominion Reefs, South Africa

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 187-196

  Rantzsch, Ulrike ^a,b   Gauert, Christoph D K ^a   van der Westhuizen, Willem A ^a   Duhamel, Isabelle ^c   Cuney, Michel ^c   Beukes, Gerhard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Detrital uraninites; Dominion Group; South Africa; U Au palaeo placer

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251621678     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-010-0317-4     Document Type: Letter

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