Features sustaining the formation of beach placers along the southern east coast of India

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 240-249

  Chandrasekar, N ^a   Saravanan, S ^a   Cherian, Anil ^a   Immanuel, J Loveson ^a   Rajamanickam, M ^a   Rajamanickam, G V ^b  

^a MANONMANIAM SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SASTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Beach; Formation; India; Placer

Indexed keywords

BEACH PLACERS; BEACH SEDIMENTS; CLOSE PROXIMITY; COASTAL PROCESS; DENSITY VARIATIONS; DRAINAGE PATTERNS; EAST COAST; FORMATION; GRAIN SIZE VARIATION; HEAVY MINERALS; INDIA; MINERAL DEPOSITS; SORTING PROCESS; SOURCE ROCKS; SOUTHEAST COAST OF INDIA;

BEACHES; DEPOSITS; MINERAL RESOURCES; PLACERS; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS;

MINERALS;

COASTAL SEDIMENT; FORMATION MECHANISM; GARNET; GRAIN SIZE; HEAVY MINERAL; ILMENITE; MINERAL EXPLORATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PLACER DEPOSIT; SOURCE ROCK; ZIRCON;

INDIA;

EID: 77956091190     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: 15210618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1064119X.2010.483782     Document Type: Article

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