Monazite from mountain to ocean: A case study from Trolognaro (Fort-Dauphin), Madagascar

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 745-757

  Montel, Jean Marc ^a   Razafimahatratra, Dieudonné ^b   Ralison, Bruno ^b   De Parseval, Philippe ^c   Thibault, Michel ^c   Randranja, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b Faculté des Sciences   (Madagascar)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Detrital minerals; Monazite; Nuclear waste; Radioactivity; Southern Madagascar; Trolognaro

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; LANDFORMS; MAGNETIC SEPARATION; MONAZITE; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DEPOSITION SEQUENCES; LONG-TERM STORAGE; MADAGASCAR; MOUNTAIN TO OCEANS; SELF-IRRADIATION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUES; TROLOGNARO;

PHOSPHATE MINERALS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLINITY; DEPOSITION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; EROSION RATE; GRAIN SIZE; MONAZITE; PLUTONIC ROCK; POINT SOURCE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOACTIVITY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 83655181267     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2011/0023-2149     Document Type: Article

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