Raman spectroscopy as an effective tool for high-resolution heavy-mineral analysis: Examples from major Himalayan and Alpine fluvio-deltaic systems

Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 450-455

  Andò, Sergio ^a   Bersani, Danilo ^b   Vignola, Pietro ^c   Garzanti, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alps; Density; Garnets; Heavy minerals; Himalaya; Hydraulic sorting

Indexed keywords

ALPS; DENSITY; HEAVY MINERALS; HIMALAYA; HYDRAULIC SORTING;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GARNETS; HYDRAULICS; MINING; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERALS; SORTING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

MINERALS;

MINERAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; RIVER; SEDIMENT;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MINERALS; RIVERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 67349224338     PISSN: 13861425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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