Radiation-induced amorphization

Transformation Processes in Minerals

Volumn 39, Issue , 2019, Pages 319-361

  Ewing, Rodney C ^a   Meldrum, Alkiviathes ^b   Wang, LuMin ^a   Wang, ShiXin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHIZATIONS; RADIATION-INDUCED;

EID: 85061228637     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2138/rmg.2000.39.12     Document Type: Chapter

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