1Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Prist University, Trichy-Thanjavur Highway, Vallam, Thanjavur, India
2Post Graduate Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Prist University, Trichy-Thanjavur Highway, Vallam, Thanjavur, India
3Assistant professor, Misrimal Navajee Munoth Jain Engineering College, Thoraipakkam, Chennai, India
Online published on 21 November, 2017.
The heavy mineral study has been carriedout along the coast of Kotilpadu, The beach sand minerals are collected and laboratory analysis carried out. The major heavy minerals are garnet, ilmennite, rutile, zircon and sillimanite. The statistical analysis of indugual mineral concentration was accessed using Statistica software. From the study of heavy mineral assemblages it is accomplished this region, the non-opage concentration ranges from 7.02 to 22.45% where as opaque concentration ranges from 37.5 to 56.84%. the high tide samples were found to be low TiO2 and FeO contents when compared to the low tide samples. During low tide the panning and gravity separation action prompts a high heavy mineral indicative elements during low tide time.
Sand, Minerals, Garnet, Ilmennite, Rutile, Zircon
