Incidence of diamonds in the beach sands of the Kanyakumari coast, Tamil Nadu

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-16

  Rau, T K ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Beach sands; Diamonds; Kanyakumari coast; Tamil Nadu

Indexed keywords

BEACH; DIAMOND; PROVENANCE; SAND;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KANYAKUMARI; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 33645226080     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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