Southern Granulite Terrain, South of the Palghat-Cauvery Shear Zone: Implications for India-Madagascar Connection

Gondwana Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 463-469

  Janardhan, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

Correlation; Madagascar; Metamorphism; Shear Zones; Southern India

Indexed keywords

CALC SILICATE ROCK; CRUSTAL THICKENING; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GRANULITE; HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LINEAMENT; LITHOLOGY; PETROLOGY; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TERRAIN;

CAUVERY SUTURE ZONE; INDIA; KERALA; PALGHAT;

EID: 0009021569     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70284-7     Document Type: Article

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