Uranium geochemistry, mineralogy, geology, exploration and resources Published for the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy

turning points that, in the course of a few years, have made this The uranium minerals that today are at the centre of worldwide metal an essential raw material. attention were unknown until 1780, when Wagsfort found a First, the destructive property of fission reactions made uranium a metal of fund...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: de Vivo, B. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1984, 1984
Edition:1st ed. 1984
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • History of radioactivity
  • Uranium in mantle processes
  • Transport and deposition of uranium in hydrothermal systems at temperatures up to 300°C: geological implications
  • Geochemical behaviour of uranium in the supergene environment
  • Uranium exploration techniques
  • Uranium mineralogy
  • Time, crustal evolution and generation of uranium deposits
  • Uranium exploration
  • Geochemistry of uranium in the hydrographie network
  • Uranium deposits of the world, excluding Europe
  • Uranium deposits in Europe
  • Uranium in the economics of energy
  • Role of high heat production granites in uranium province formation
  • Uranium deposits in Italy
  • Name index