Geochemical signatures of uranium oxides in the Lufilian belt: From unconformity-related to syn-metamorphic uranium deposits during the Pan-African orogenic cycle

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 197-213

  Eglinger, Aurélien ^a   André Mayer, Anne Sylvie ^a   Vanderhaeghe, Olivier ^a   Mercadier, Julien ^a   Cuney, Michel ^a   Decrée, Sophie ^b   Feybesse, Jean Louis ^c   Milesi, Jean Pierre ^c  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^c AREVA NP   (France)

Author keywords

Lufilian belt; Rare Earth Elements; Syn metamorphic deposit; Unconformity related deposit; Uranium oxide; Yttrium

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO; FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS; GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; METAMORPHIC FLUIDS; SILICICLASTIC ROCKS; URANIUM MINERALIZATION; URANIUM OXIDES;

COBALT DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; DOMES; GEOCHEMISTRY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEAD; OXIDE MINERALS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; URANIUM DEPOSITS; YTTRIUM; YTTRIUM ALLOYS; YTTRIUM OXIDE;

URANIUM;

CRYSTALLIZATION; EUROPIUM; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; OROGENY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; UNCONFORMITY; URANINITE; URANIUM; YTTRIUM;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA;

EID: 84877822403     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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