Timmasamudram Kimberlite Cluster, Wajrakarur Kimberlite Field, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 597-609

  Srinivas Choudary, V ^a,b   Rau, T K ^a,b   Bhaskara Rao, K S ^a,b   Sridhar, M ^a,b   Sinha, K K ^a,b  

^a Project: Diamond OP   (India)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Andhra Pradesh; Group I kimberlites; Kimberlite; Microdiamonds; Timmasamudram Kimberlite Cluster

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; KIMBERLITE; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; TEXTURE;

ANANTAPUR; ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KALYANDURG; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34547829232     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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