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Reconnaissance-style EPMA chemical U-Th-Pb dating of uraninite

Date

Authors

Cross, Andrew

Jaireth, S.

Rapp, Robert

Armstrong, Richard

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

EPMA chemical U-Th-Pb uraninite analysis has been used to constrain the age of the granite-related, Rössing South uranium prospect in Namibia and the Kintyre unconformity-related uranium deposit in Western Australia. Uraninite from the Rössing South pro

Keywords

Keywords: age determination; chemical analysis; dating method; mineralization; ore deposit; orogeny; sedimentation; uraninite; Australia; Erongo; Namibia; Rossing Mine; Western Australia Chemical U-Th-Pb dating; Kintyre deposit; Rössing South prospect; Uraninite

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/51660

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1080/08120099.2011.598190