The uranium content of the differentiated Skaergaard intrusion together with the distribution of the alpha particle radioactivity in various rocks and minerals recorded by nuclear emulsion studies

Authors

  • E. Hamilton

Abstract

The distribution of radioactivity and uranium in the Skaergaard intrusion (East Greenland) is traced in detail by means of quantitative nuclear emulsion techniques, radioactivation and fluorimetric analyses. It has been shown that in these rocks formed by differentiation of a basaltic magma there is no preferential increase of radioactivity from the major minerals. The olivine being the least and the quartz the most radioactive of the major minerals. Of the accessory minerals apatite, zircon, sphene, epidote, and hydrated iron oxides showed a preferential increase in radioactivity.

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1959-06-25

How to Cite

Hamilton, E. (1959). The uranium content of the differentiated Skaergaard intrusion together with the distribution of the alpha particle radioactivity in various rocks and minerals recorded by nuclear emulsion studies. Meddelelser Om Grønland, 162(7), 1–35. Retrieved from https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland/article/view/161163

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Vol. 162 No. 7 (1959): Meddelelser om Grønland

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Coypyright by the authors and the Commision for Scientific Research in Greenland. No parts of the publications may be reproduced in any form without the written permission by the copyright owners.