Sulphur isotopic study on barite mineralization of the Tons valley, Lesser Himalaya, India: Implication for source and formation process

Current Science

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 440-443

  Sharma, Rajesh ^a   Verma, Priti ^a   Law, Randall W ^b  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Barite; Fluid mixing; Lesser Himalaya; Sulphur isotope

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644600477     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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