Origin of uranium deposits revealed by their rare earth element signature

Terra Nova

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 264-269

  Mercadier, Julien ^a   Cuney, Michel ^a   Lach, Philippe ^a   Boiron, Marie Christine ^a   Bonhoure, Jessica ^a,b   Richard, Antonin ^a   Leisen, Mathieu ^a   Kister, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE LASALLE BEAUVAIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORE DEPOSIT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URANIUM;

EID: 79960166108     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2011.01008.x     Document Type: Article

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