Rare earth elements in limestones of Kallankurichchi formation of Ariyalur Group, Tiruchirapalli Cretaceous, Tamil Nadu

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 291-301

  Madhavaraju, J ^a   Ramasamy, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Cerium anomaly; Geochemistry; Oxic environment; REE; Tamil Nadu; Tiruchirapalli Cretaceous; U and U Th

Indexed keywords

CERIUM; CRETACEOUS; LIMESTONE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; URANIUM;

INDIA;

EID: 0033388351     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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