Light heavy minerals on the Indian continental shelf, including beaches

Handbook of Marine Mineral Deposits

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 13-26

  Rajamanickam, G Victor ^a  

^a TAMIL UNIVERSITY   (India)

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