Study of quartz grain surface texture by electron microscopy - a tool in evaluating palaeoglacial sediments in Uttarakhand

Current Science

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1377-1382

  Mathur, Anil K ^a   Mishra, V P ^a   Singh, Jaya ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Palaeoglacial sediments; Quartz grains; Scanning electron microscope; Surface texture

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349093964     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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