Provenance signature of pre-cambrian and mesozoic rocks in the nearshore placers of Konkan, Central West Coast of India

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 115-131

  Gujar, A R ^a   Angusamy, N ^b   Rajamanickam, G V ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b TAMIL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c SASTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Heavy minerals; India; Konkan Coast; Placer deposits; Provenance

Indexed keywords

BASALTIC ROCKS; CAMBRIANS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HEAVY MINERALS; INDIA; KONKAN COAST; MESOZOIC ROCKS; MORPHIC; NEARSHORES; PROVENANCE; WEST COAST;

BASALT; DEPOSITS; GARNETS; KYANITE; KYANITE DEPOSITS; LANDFORMS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINES; OLIVINE; OXIDE MINERALS; PLACERS; ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; TITANIUM OXIDES; ZIRCON;

MINERALS;

ACCESSORY MINERAL; COASTAL ZONE; EPIDOTE; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GARNET; KYANITE; MESOZOIC; MINERALIZATION; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; OLIVINE; PLACER DEPOSIT; PRECAMBRIAN; PROVENANCE; RUTILE; SOURCE ROCK; ZIRCON;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KONKAN; MAHARASHTRA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70449397783     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: 15210618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641190902777302     Document Type: Article

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