Structural and thermal studies of graphite from East Antarctica

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 335-343

  Parthasarathy, G ^a   Sharma, S R ^a   Ravindran, T R ^b   Arora, A K ^b   Hussain, S M ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

East Antarctica; Graphite; High temperature DTA; Schirmacher Oasis; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; GRAPHITE; METAMORPHISM; MINERALOGY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0037861064     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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