Geology and the economic resources of the samchampi alkaline carbonatite complex, Mikir Hills, Assam, India

Exploration and Research for Atomic Minerals

Volumn 10, Issue , 1997, Pages 79-86

  Hoda, S Q ^a   Rawat, T P S ^a   Krishnamurthy, P ^a   Dwivedy, K K ^a  

^a ATOMIC MINERALS DIRECTORATE FOR EXPLORATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

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