Published 2002
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Mineralogy and acid-mine drainage of La Creusaz uranium prospect, Switzerland
Creators
- 1. Geological Museum and Institute of Mineralogy and Geochemistry, University of Lausanne, Lausanne (Switzerland)
- 2. The South Australian Museum and Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide (Australia)
- 3. Institut fuer Mineralogie, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet, Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Description
The hydrothermal uranium deposit La Creusaz is located in the Aiguilles Rouges massif in the Western Swiss Alps. Alpine metamorphism and Quaternary erosion and alteration affected this late Variscan deposit. Numerous neoformed U(VI) sulfates, comprising several new mineral species, result of acid mine drainage process. A study of U-migration in soil and plants suggest that the grass species Agrostis schraderiana is a bioaccumulator ideally suited for the decontamination of U-polluted sites in alpine regions. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Czech Geological Survey
- Imprint Place
- Prague (Czech Republic)
- ISBN
- 80-7075-583-0
- Imprint Title
- Proceedings of the international workshop 'Uranium deposits: from their genesis to their environmental aspects'
- Imprint Pagination
- 172 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 147-150
Conference
- Title
- from their genesis to their environmental aspects'
- Acronym
- International workshop 'Uranium deposits
- Dates
- 10-11 Sep 2002
- Place
- Prague (Czech Republic)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Czech Republic
- Country of Input or Organization
- Czech Republic
- INIS RN
- 34062908
- Subject category
- S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION; GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS; GEOLOGIC HISTORY; GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES; GRAMINEAE; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS; LAND RECLAMATION; RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; REMEDIAL ACTION; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM DEPOSITS
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; ENERGY SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; LILIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MASS TRANSFER; MINERAL RESOURCES; PLANTS; RESOURCES
Optional Information
- Notes
- 4 figs., 5 refs.