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A classification of British Caledonian granites based on uranium and thorium contents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

John Hennessy
John Hennessy*
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Department of Physics, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, $3 7RH
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Abstract

A method of epithermal neutron activation analysis for uranium and thorium is discussed in relation to other rapid analytical methods for these elements. Caledonian granites are divided into four main groups on the basis of U and Th contents: (a) a group of evolved late granites with high U and Th contents and high Th/U ratios, (b) a group of uranium-enriched mineralized granites, (c) granites containing approximately average levels of U and Th, and (d) a group of granites with low thorium content.

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Research Article
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 44 , Issue 336 , December 1981 , pp. 449 - 454
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1981

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