Spectroscopic and X-ray diffraction studies on fluid deposited rhombohedral graphite from the Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt, India

Current Science

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 995-1000

  Parthasarathy, G ^a   Sreedhar, B ^b   Chetty, T R K ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Eastern Ghats; Graphite; Precambrian; Shear zones; Spectroscopic studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646124704     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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