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SUBMITTER: Nisbet H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6863889 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20191119 1
Thorium is the most abundant actinide in the Earth's crust and has universally been considered one of the most immobile elements in natural aqueous systems. This view, however, is based almost exclusively on solubility data obtained at low temperature and their theoretical extrapolation to elevated temperature. The occurrence of hydrothermal deposits with high concentrations of Th challenges the Th immobility paradigm and strongly suggests that Th may be mobilized by some aqueous fluids. Here, w ...[more]