Occurrence of natural fullerenes in low grade metamorphosed Proterozoic shungite from Karelia, Russia

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 62, Issue 21-22, 1998, Pages 3541-3544

  Parthasarathy, G ^a   Srinivasan, R ^a   Vairamani, M ^b   Ravikumar, K ^b   Kunwar, A C ^b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FULLERENE; GREENSCHIST FACIES; LOW GRADE METAMORPHISM; PROTEROZOIC; SHUNGITE;

KARELIA; KONDOPOGA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0032450861     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-7037(98)00242-7     Document Type: Article

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