Heavy mineral sand deposits of kerala

Exploration and Research for Atomic Minerals

Volumn 13, Issue , 2001, Pages 111-146

  Krishnan, S ^a   Viswanathan, G ^a   Balachandran, K ^a  

^a ATOMIC MINERALS DIRECTORATE FOR EXPLORATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Beach placers; Chavara deposit; Heavy minerals; Kerala; Provenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042735525     PISSN: 09709231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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