Petrological evolution of the Pangidi granulites, Eastern Ghats, India: Evidence for decompressive and cooling retrograde trajectories

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Abhandlungen

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 305-326

  Dharma Rao, C V ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

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EID: 0032378049     PISSN: 00777757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njma/173/1998/305     Document Type: Article

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