A corundum-quartz assemblage from the Eastern Ghats Granulite Belt, India: Evidence for high P-T metamorphism?

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 189-196

  Shaw, R K ^a   Arima, M ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corundum quartz; Eastern Ghats, India; High P T granulites; High T decompression

Indexed keywords

CORUNDUM; GRANULITE; METAMORPHISM; QUARTZ;

INDIA;

EID: 0031816462     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.1998.00073.x     Document Type: Article

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