Geochemistry of Proterozoic Radioactive Arkoses in Khammam District, Andhra Pradesh, India: Evidence for K-rich Evolved Granitoid Upper Crust in the Late Archaean

Gondwana Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 529-540

  Singh, Yamuna ^a  

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

Author keywords

Andhra Pradesh; K rich granitoid, late Archaean crust; Proterozoic radioactive arkose; Uranium mineralisation

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITOID; MINERALIZATION; POTASSIC ROCK; PROTEROZOIC; RADIOACTIVITY; UPPER CRUST; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

INDIA; KHAMMAM; TELANGANA;

EID: 0346409059     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70352-X     Document Type: Article

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