Potential effects of alpha-recoil on uranium-series dating of calcrete

Chemical Geology

Volumn 282, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 98-112

  Neymark, L A ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha recoil; Calcrete; U series dating

Indexed keywords

ALPHA-RECOIL; CALCRETES; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY; INITIAL ACTIVITY; MEAN VALUES; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; SECULAR EQUILIBRIUM; STEADY-STATE VALUES; SURFACE SAMPLE; SYSTEM BEHAVIORS; U-MODEL; U-SERIES DATING; U-SERIES DISEQUILIBRIA; URANIUM-SERIES ISOTOPES; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS; YUCCA MOUNTAIN; YUCCA MOUNTAIN , NEVADA;

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; LEAD; URANIUM;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

CALCRETE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALEOSOL; QUATERNARY; URANIUM SERIES DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 79952102496     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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