Invisible gold in the high-sulphur tertiary coals of Northeast India

Current Science

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1334-1337

  Nayak, B ^a   Chakravarty, S ^a   Bhattacharyya, K K ^a  

^a NATIONAL METALLURGICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Gold; Sulphur; Tertiary coal; Trace metal

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749133034     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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