The geochemistry of Mesoproterozoic clastic sedimentary rocks from the Rautgara Formation, Kumaun Lesser Himalaya: Implications for provenance, mineralogical control and weathering

Current Science

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1832-1836

  Rashid, Shaik A ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

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