Soil-geochemistry, radiometric and soil gas helium studies in the uranium mineralized zone of tumallapalle, cuddapah basin, Andhra Pradesh

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-26

  Menon, Rajeev ^a   Raju, P V Sunder ^a   Reddy, G K ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Andhra pradesh; Cuddapah basin; Geochemistry; Radiometry; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HELIUM; MAPPING METHOD; MINERALIZATION; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL GAS; URANIUM;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; CUDDAPAH BASIN; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67651177790     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12594-009-0099-4     Document Type: Article

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