Source of titanium-enriched ilmenite in sand deposits, South India

2005 Heavy Minerals Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 31-36

  Bernstein, Stefan ^a   McLimans, Roger K ^b   Knudsen, Christian ^a   Frei, Dirk ^a   Vasudev, Venkatramaiah N ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b DuPont Titanium Technologies   (United States)

^c Consultant Geologist ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON; LEACHING; MAGNESIA; MINERAL RESOURCES; SEDIMENTS;

CHARNOKITES; COMPUTER CONTROLLED SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (CCSEM) ANALYSES; IRON LEACHING;

ILMENITE;

EID: 33646921520     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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