Radiation-induced defects in clay minerals: A review

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 277, Issue , 2012, Pages 112-120

  Allard, Th ^a   Balan, E ^a   Calas, G ^a   Fourdrin, C ^a   Morichon, E ^a   Sorieul, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Amorphization; Clay; Defect; EPR; Ion beam; Irradiation; Natural analogue

Indexed keywords

AMORPHIZATION; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CHLORITE MINERALS; CLAY; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; DEFECTS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; GEOLOGY; HEAVY IONS; ION BEAMS; ION BOMBARDMENT; IONIZING RADIATION; IRRADIATION; KAOLINITE; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; SILICATES; SOILS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTIFICIAL RADIATIONS; ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY; NATURAL ANALOGUE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RADIATION INDUCED DEFECTS;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 84858337930     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2011.12.044     Document Type: Article

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