Petrology and geochemistry of the proterozoic a-type granite of Kanigiri, Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, India: Implications for rare metal mineralisation

Exploration and Research for Atomic Minerals

Volumn 9, Issue , 1996, Pages 61-72

  Thirupathi, P V ^a   Sudhakar, Ch ^a   Krishna, K V G ^a   Dhana Raju, R ^a  

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

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