Sources of monazite sand in southern Orissa beach placer, Eastern India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 357-362

  Rao, N Sulekha ^a   Misra, Saumitra ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Eastern Ghat Mobile Belt; Gopalpur Chhatrapur Rushikulya beach placer; Isodynamic separation; Monazite; Orissa; Rushikulya river; XRD analysis

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; CHARNOCKITE; GARNET; GRANITOID; HEAVY MINERAL; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; MIGMATITE; MINERALOGY; MOBILE BELT; MONAZITE; ORTHOPYROXENE; PETROGRAPHY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; ORISSA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70349437092     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12594-009-0140-7     Document Type: Article

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