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Original paper

Štefan Ferenc, Adrián Biroň, Tomáš Mikuš, Ján Spišiak, Šimon Budzák

Initial replacement stage of primary uranium (U^IV) minerals by supergene alteration: association of uranyl-oxide hydroxy-hydrates and “calciolepersonnite” from the Krátka Dolina Valley (Gemerská Poloma, Gemeric Unit, Western Carpathians, Slovakia)

Journal of Geosciences, volume 63 (2018), issue 3, 277 - 291

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.268

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