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Mineralogy of beach and dune sands of Morgim-Arambol Beach on Goa Coast

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Title Mineralogy of beach and dune sands of Morgim-Arambol Beach on Goa Coast
 
Creator Kidwai, R. M.
Wagle, B. G.
 
Description 128-130
Mineralogic studies of the sand of dune and beach at Morgim-Arambol indicate that opaques, garnet, staurolite, epidote, chlorite, bluish-green hornblende, tourmaline, augite-diopside, hypersthene and zircon are the principal heavy minerals. Three mineral associations are recognized on the basis of their relative abundance and distribution on the beach: (1) garnet-epidote-staurolite rich association, (2) garnet-epidote-staurolite-chlorite rich association, and (3) opaque-garnet-zircon rich association. As the sediments are texturally similar throughout the beach and as there is no marked areal mineralogical sorting of the size, shape and specific gravity, this mineral distribution appears to be controlled by the variations in source rocks in the drainage basins of the rivers.
 
Date 2017-01-04T12:19:57Z
2017-01-04T12:19:57Z
1975-12
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/39697
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.04(2) [December 1975]