REE Geochemistry of ore zones in the Archean auriferous schist belts of the eastern Dharwar Craton, south India

Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 143-159

  Giritharan, T S ^a,b   Rajamami, V ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Archean; Eastern dharwar craton; Lode gold deposit; Ree geochemistry

Indexed keywords

GOLD; ORE DEPOSIT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

ASIA; DHARWAR CRATON; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 29144475744     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02702214     Document Type: Article

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