Provenance of heavy minerals with special reference to ilmenite of the Honnavar beach, central west coast of India

Current Science

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 644-648

  Hegde, V S ^a   Shalini, G ^a   Gosavi Kanchanagouri, D ^a  

^a SDM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Beach sand; Heavy mineral assemblage; Honnavar; Ilmenite; Provenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750038856     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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