Uranium Distribution in Siwalik Vertebrates using Fission Track Technique

Authors

  • Kewal K. Sharma
     Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, 15, Municipal Road, Dehradun 248001
  • Vinay M. Chousey
     Department of Physics, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra 132 119
  • O. P. Sharma
     Department of Physics, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra 132 119
  • K. K. Nagpaul
     Department of Physics, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra 132 119

Abstract

Uranium distribution in Vertebrate Fossils from the Siwaliks of NW-Himalaya has been worked out using Fission Track Method. Uranium is found to be uniformly distributed in collophane and ferruginous material of the bone and a sympathetic relationship between uranium and collophane content has been observed. Percolating waters which leached uranium and phosphorus from the granitic matrix (80 to 90%) of the Siwalik sandstones appear to have brought about diagenesis, uranium mineralization and fossilisation of the organic remains in the Siwalik sediments.

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Volume 22, Issue 2, February 1981

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Research Papers

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1981-02-01

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Sharma, K. K., Chousey, V. M., Sharma, O. P., & Nagpaul, K. K. (1981). Uranium Distribution in Siwalik Vertebrates using Fission Track Technique. Journal of Geological Society of India, 22(2), 92–97. Retrieved from https://geosocindia.com/index.php/jgsi/article/view/64822

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