Geochemistry of upper miocene kudankulam limestones, Southern India

International Geology Review

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 16-26

  Armstrong Altrin, J S ^a   Verma, Surendra P ^a   Madhavaraju, J ^b   Lee, Yong Il ^c   Ramasamy, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; LIMESTONE; MIOCENE;

INDIA; KERALA;

EID: 0038205918     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.45.1.16     Document Type: Article

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