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Science 28 April 1967:
Vol. 156. no. 3774, pp. 512 - 513
DOI: 10.1126/science.156.3774.512
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Uranium Distribution in Rocks by Fission-Track Registration in Lexan Plastic

J. D. Kleeman 1 and J. F. Lovering 1

1 Department of Geophiysics, Australian Nationial University, Canberra

When Lexan plastic is iused to register fission tracks from thermal neutron-induced fission of uranium in rocks, a print of the rock texture is formed on the plastic surface after chemical etching. This print allows positive, rapid location of uranium-bearing phases in the rock and accurate determination of uranium abundances.


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