Vein graphite from the bogala and kahatagaha-kolongaha mines, Sri Lanka: A possible origin

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1373-1384

  Touzain, Philippe ^a,d   Balasooriya, Nanda ^b   Bandaranayake, Kumara ^b   Descolas Gros, Chantal ^c  

^a LEPMI   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^d NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Differential thermal analysis; Natural graphite; Raman spectroscopy; Sri Lanka; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

CARBON CONTENT; CARBON ISOTOPES; DIFFERENTIAL THERMALS; ISOTOPIC DATA; MAGMATIC ORIGIN; NATURAL GRAPHITE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRIES; SRI LANKA;

DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; DIFFRACTION; ISOTOPES; MORPHOLOGY; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAYS;

GRAPHITE;

CARBON ISOTOPE; GRANULITE; GRAPHITE; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; VEIN (GEOLOGY); X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 79952132230     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.48.5.1373     Document Type: Article

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