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Mining of phosphorite resources from the Indian continental shelf will help food production

DRS at CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography

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Title Mining of phosphorite resources from the Indian continental shelf will help food production
 
Creator Qasim, S.Z.
Nair, R.R.
 
Subject Aquatic Non-Resources
mineral exploration
mineral resources
phosphorite
phosphate rocks
phosphate deposits
water depth
upwelling
fertilizers
continental shelves
ISW, India, West Coast
 
Description Also in: Indian Mining - 1982 Annual Review
Phosphate is used as a plant nutrient in fertilisers The main sources of phosphate are phosphatic rocks The National Institute of Oceanography had conducted a phosphate exploration programme on the continental shelf of India The commercial value of phosphorite deposits would depend on several technical and economic factors Phosphorites occur in water depths upto 200 meters of the western continental shelf of India These are the areas associated with upwelling The relationship between phosphorite deposits and upwelling is explained
 
Date 2006-04-17T10:01:00Z
2017-09-29T13:48:36Z
2006-04-17T10:01:00Z
2017-09-29T13:48:36Z
1983
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Journal of Mines, Metals and Fuels, vol.5; 1983; 236-239
0022-2755
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/6540
 
Language en
 
Relation J Mines Metals Fuels
 
Publisher Books & Journals Private Ltd.