Fluid inclusions in charnockites from Kodaikanal massif (South India): P-T record and implications for crustal uplift history

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 167-184

  Mohan, A ^a   Prakash, D ^a   Sachan, H K ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROMETRY; CHARNOCKITE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DECOMPRESSION; FLUID INCLUSION; GRANULITE FACIES; MINERALOGY; P-T CONDITIONS; P-T-T PATH; PRECAMBRIAN; REACTION KINETICS; TERRANE; THERMOMETRY; UPLIFT;

INDIA; KODAIKANAL; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 0012324095     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01162357     Document Type: Article

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