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VII.—Monazite from Bodmin Moor, Cornwall: A Study in Geochronology. Part I. Monazite as a Geological Timekeeper. Part II. Analysis of Bodmin Moor Monazite for Lead, Thorium and Uranium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2012

Arthur Holmes  and
A.A. Smales
Arthur Holmes
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh.
A.A. Smales
Affiliation:
Imperial Chemical Industries Limited, Billingham Division, Research Department, Billingham, Co. Durham.
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During the late war Mr Bruce Taplin received for mineralogical investigation a low-grade cassiterite concentrate from a small plant operated by the Non-Ferrous Mineral Development Control (Ministry of Supply) for the recovery of wolfram from the eluvial and alluvial gravels of the valley east of Buttern Hill, near the northern margin of the Bodmin Moor granite (fig. 1). As received, the sample contained 4·1 per cent, of tin.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 63 , Issue 2 , 1948 , pp. 115 - 129
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1948

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