Petrology of granulites from anakapalle-evidence for proterozoic decompression in the Eastern Ghats, India

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 433-459

  Dasgupta, Somnath ^a   Sanyal, Sanjoy ^a   Sengupta, Pulak ^a   Fukuoka, M ^b  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPRESSION; EXTENSIONAL REGIME; GRANULITE; P/T PATH; PROTEROZOIC; THERMOBAROMETRY;

INDIA, EASTERN GHATS, ANAKAPALLE;

EID: 0028323886     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/35.2.433     Document Type: Article

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