Solid-solution formation and the long-term safety of nuclear-waste disposal

European Mineralogical Union Notes in Mineralogy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 345-376

  Bosbach, Dirk ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

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EID: 84872294528     PISSN: 14172917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1180/EMU-notes.10.10     Document Type: Article

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