Coastal placer deposits of Central Tamil Nadu, India

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 137-174

  Angusamy, N ^a   Sahayam, J Dajkumar ^a   Gandhi, M Suresh ^b   Rajamanickam, G Victor ^c  

^a TAMIL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^c SASTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Beach placers; Central Tamil Nadu Coast; Heavy minerals; Ilmenite; India; Provenance

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRANITE; ILMENITE; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BEACH PLACERS; COASTAL PLACER DEPOSITS; HEAVY MINERAL; INDIA; KHONDALITES; PLACER MINERAL EXPLORATION; TRANSGRESSION;

MINERAL EXPLORATION;

ILMENITE; MINERAL EXPLORATION; PLACER DEPOSIT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU; WORLD;

EID: 27344458839     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: 15210618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641190500192102     Document Type: Article

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