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Mihir Deb Sanjib Chandra Sarkar

Minerals and Allied Natural Resources and their Sustainable Development Principles, Perspectives with Emphasis on the Indian Scenario

Springer Geology

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Mihir Deb Sanjib Chandra Sarkar •

Minerals and Allied Natural Resources and their Sustainable Development Principles, Perspectives with Emphasis on the Indian Scenario

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Sanjib Chandra Sarkar Department of Geological Sciences Jadavpur University Kolkata, West Bengal India

Mihir Deb Department of Geology University of Delhi Delhi India

ISSN 2197-9545 Springer Geology ISBN 978-981-10-4563-9 DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-4564-6

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ISBN 978-981-10-4564-6

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Dedicated to The memory of Professor Sivasunder Deb (1905–1979), a pioneer teacher and researcher of Ore Geology in India, and a guiding light for our lifelong interest in the subject

Preface

Human civilization since its inception has been tied to mineral extraction in some