Structurally-controlled and crystalline rock-hosted uranium mineralisation in the southern environs of cuddapah basin Andhra Pradesh, India

Exploration and Research for Atomic Minerals

Volumn 14, Issue , 2002, Pages 95-108

  Dhana Raju, R ^a   Umamaheswar, K ^a   Tripathi, B K ^a   Rai, A K ^a   Zakaulla, S ^a   Thirupathi, P V ^a   Nanda, L K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Andhra pradesh; Cuddapah basin environs; Exploration; Uranium

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745271888     PISSN: 09709231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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