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This book looks into the Mineral Resources in the tropical state of Kerala, in India. The state has valuable deposits of beach placer deposits, high-grade kaolinite, bauxite, and huge informal mining sector tapping building aggregates, like sand, building stones and pebbles. Charnockite, khondalite and metamafic and granitic rocks constitute the major rocks types. Published on 6 March 2014. Contents Preface Mineral resources of Kerala: A tectonic perspective M Santosh and E Shaji Shear zone tectonics and mineralisation in the South Indian granulite terrain V Prasannakumar From flood geology to rare earths geology K Soman Exploration and evaluation of beach placers of India with special emphasis on Kerala A K Rai Rare Earth Minerals Mining, Mineral Separation, and its value addition in Kerala – an overview T Karthikeyan Rare earths—resources, processing, and uses P Narayanan, M Venkata Reddy and S Surya Kumar An overview of primary, supergene and placer gold occurrences of Wayanad–Nilambur granulitic terrain, south India P Sangurmath Exploration for china clay in and around Mangalapuram, Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala A Prabhakumar and Sughada Pradeep Exploration for china clay in Kadayattu, Puthiyaveedu Padinjattumbhagom, and Kanjirakode area of Mulavana village, Kollam district, Kerala Sughada Pradeep and K N Raman Nampoothiri Clay deposits in Ulloor area of Taliparamba taluk, Kannur, Kerala Sughada Pradeep Fine and coarse aggregates: facts and futures K P Thrivikramaji Marine Sand Resources off Kerala Coast visàvis acute shortage of construction sand in the state of Kerala A C Dinesh, P Praveen Kumar, N M Shareef and C Jayaprakash Impact of river sand mining on the groundwater regime in Kerala– an overview P Nandakumaran, T. S. Anitha Shyam, Mini Chandran, V. R. Rani, G. Srinath and A. D. Anil Chand Environmental effects of river sand mining: a case study of Periyar river, Kerala, southwest India Shiekha E John, K Maya and D Padmalal Impact of clay mining on the ground water regime in parts of Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala Mini Chandran, T. S. Anitha Shyam, P. Nandakumaran, and E. Shaji Impacts of brick and tile clay mining from the wetlands of Periyar river basin, Kerala, India K A Aswathy, Shiekha E John, K Maya and D Padmalal Quarrying and mining vis¬à¬vis environmental concerns in Kerala – thoughts on remedial strategies M P Muraleedharan Geology and geochemistry of the mafic and ultramafic rocks of Nilambur area, Malappuram district, Kerala S G Dhanil Dev, Muzammil Salim, Miftath K Thangal and E Shaji Application of anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility in deformed rocks and associated intrusives from Erattupetta, Madurai block, south India R S Prasanth, P Pratheesh and R B Binoj Kumar Ultramafic–ultrapotassic rocks and associated mineralization in Achankovil Suture Zone, southern India V J Rajesh, S Arai and M Santosh Physico¬chemical characterization of Allanite from Thodupuzha, Kerala K R Baiju, T Amaldev and A S Sui Mining: Environmental Impacts and Assessment MethodsSabu Joseph Sedimentological studies of beach sand of Tamil Nadu and Kerala coast, India – Implications on provenance and depositional environments D Senthil Nathan and B S Bijilal
