Exsolution features in pyroxene phenocrysts from an anorthosite massif in northern Kerala, South India

Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 41, Issue , 1998, Pages 85-107

  Rajesh, H M ^a   Santosh, M ^b   Yoshida, M ^a  

^a Osaka City University   (Japan)

^b CENTRE FOR EARTH SCIENCE STUDIES   (India)

Author keywords

Anorthosite massif; Exsolution lamellae; Inverted pigeonite; Nucleation and growth; Pyroxene phenocrysts

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; EXSOLUTION; PHENOCRYST; PYROXENE;

INDIA;

EID: 0032409801     PISSN: 04492560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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