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Original Paper

Jakub Plášil, Jiří Sejkora, Radek Škoda, Pavel Škácha

The recent weathering of uraninite from the Červená vein, Jáchymov (Czech Republic): a fingerprint of the primary mineralization geochemistry onto the alteration association

Journal of Geosciences, volume 59 (2014), issue 3, 223 - 253

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.171

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