Heavy minerals in the beach and the coastal red sands (TERIS) of Tamil Nadu

Exploration and Research for Atomic Minerals

Volumn 13, Issue , 2001, Pages 87-109

  Chandrasekharan, S ^a   Murugan, C ^a  

^a ATOMIC MINERALS DIRECTORATE FOR EXPLORATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

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