Ilmenite from the Chavara deposit, India: A critical evaluation

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 233-242

  Ramakrishnan, C ^a   Mani, R ^a,b   Suresh Babu, D S ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EARTH SCIENCE STUDIES   (India)

^b ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chavara; Ilmenite; Kerala; Placer; Weathering alteration

Indexed keywords

ALTERATION; BEACH DEPOSIT; ILMENITE; PLACER DEPOSIT; PSEUDORUTILE; WEATHERING;

INDIA, KERALA, CHAVARA;

EID: 0030810851     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1997.061.405.06     Document Type: Review

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