Petrology and geochemistry of three granitoid bodies of North Khetri Copper Belt, Rajasthan - A preliminary report

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 353-360

  Kaur, Gurmeet ^a   Mehta, P K ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

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Indexed keywords

GRANITOID; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MANTLE SOURCE; PETROLOGY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; RAJASTHAN; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 10244243680     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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