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Original Paper

Jakub Plášil

Oxidation-hydration weathering of uraninite: the current state-of-knowledge

Journal of Geosciences, volume 59 (2014), issue 2, 99 - 114

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.163

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