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Original Articles

Radioactive disequilibrium and geochemical modelling as evidence of uranium leaching from gold tailings dumps in the Witwatersrand Basin

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Pages 687-703 | Received 09 Sep 2008, Accepted 24 Mar 2009, Published online: 22 Sep 2010

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