A record of uranium-series transport at Nopal I, Sierra Pena Blanca, Mexico: Implications for natural uranium deposits and radioactive waste repositories

Denton, J. S.; Goldstein, S. J.; Paviet, P.; Nunn, A. J.; Amato, R. S.; Hinrichs, K. A.

doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.03.034

Title: A record of uranium-series transport at Nopal I, Sierra Pena Blanca, Mexico: Implications for natural uranium deposits and radioactive waste repositories

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Denton, J. S. ^[1]; Goldstein, S. J. ^[1]; Paviet, P. ^[2]; Nunn, A. J. ^[1]; Amato, R. S. ^[1]; Hinrichs, K. A. ^[1]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Office of Nuclear Energy, Germantown, MD (United States)

Publication Date:: 2016-04-10

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1255259

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1358935; OSTI ID: 1492590

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-15-28269; LA-UR-15-22710
Journal ID: ISSN 0009-2541

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396; AC02-05CH11231; 2013LANLE3CC; 89233218CNA000001

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Chemical Geology

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 434; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0009-2541

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 58 GEOSCIENCES; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 38 RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY; Energy Sciences

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                    Denton, J. S., Goldstein, S. J., Paviet, P., Nunn, A. J., Amato, R. S., and Hinrichs, K. A. A record of uranium-series transport at Nopal I, Sierra Pena Blanca, Mexico: Implications for natural uranium deposits and radioactive waste repositories.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Denton, J. S., Goldstein, S. J., Paviet, P., Nunn, A. J., Amato, R. S., & Hinrichs, K. A. A record of uranium-series transport at Nopal I, Sierra Pena Blanca, Mexico: Implications for natural uranium deposits and radioactive waste repositories.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.03.034

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                    Denton, J. S., Goldstein, S. J., Paviet, P., Nunn, A. J., Amato, R. S., and Hinrichs, K. A. Sun .  
"A record of uranium-series transport at Nopal I, Sierra Pena Blanca, Mexico: Implications for natural uranium deposits and radioactive waste repositories".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.03.034.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1255259.

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  title        = {A record of uranium-series transport at Nopal I, Sierra Pena Blanca, Mexico: Implications for natural uranium deposits and radioactive waste repositories},

  author       = {Denton, J. S. and Goldstein, S. J. and Paviet, P. and Nunn, A. J. and Amato, R. S. and Hinrichs, K. A.},

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