Geikielite- Mg.Al.Spinel -Titanoclinohumite Association from a Marble Quarry near Rajapalaiyam Area, Part of the 550 Ma Old Southern Granulite Terrain, Southern India

Gondwana Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 359-366

  Janardhan, A S ^a   Sriramguru, K ^a   Basava, Sharana ^a   Shankara, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

Calc silicate marble; Geikielite; Granulite metamorphism; Southern Granulite Terrain; Titanoclinohumite

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLINOHUMITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANULITE; MAGNESIUM; MARBLE; METAMORPHISM; P-T CONDITIONS; QUARRY; SPINEL; TERRAIN; TITANIUM;

EID: 0009018134     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70335-X     Document Type: Article

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