Indirect dating of sediment-hosted ore deposits: Promises and problems

  • Norbert Clauer
  • Sam Chaudhuri
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Clay Mineral Fluid Inclusion Clay Fraction Wall Rock Uranium Deposit 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Norbert Clauer
    • 1
  • Sam Chaudhuri
    • 2
  1. 1.Centre de Géochimie de la SurfaceStrasbourgFrance
  2. 2.Department of GeologyKansas State UniversityManhattanU.S.A.

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