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The Alligator Rivers Analogue Project - Characterisation of the Development of the Uranium Dispersion Fan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

P. Duerden
P. Duerden*
Affiliation:
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Menai, NSW, Australia
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Abstract

The Koongarra uranium deposit in the Northern Territory (NT) of Australia is being studied to evaluate the processes and mechanisms involved in the hydrological/geochemical alteration of the primary uranium mineralisation and model the formation of the secondary uranium orezone and the dispersion fan. The project includes studies of groundwater flow through the orebody, the chemistry of intersecting groundwaters and the uranium distribution and mineralogy of the orezones. The work has resulted in solid phase and groundwater databases, and hydrological data from field and laboratory measurements. These are being used to test a range of geochemical, hydrological and transport models.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 257: Symposium – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XV , 1991 , 529
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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