An overview of petrology of calc-silicate granulites from the Trivandrum Block, Southern India

Journal of Geosciences

Volumn , Issue 42, 1999, Pages 127-159

  Satish Kumar, M ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calc silicate rocks; Fluid infiltration; Isobaric cooling; Reaction textures; Trivandrum Block

Indexed keywords

CALC ALKALINE ROCK; GRANULITE; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY;

INDIA;

EID: 0032729114     PISSN: 04492560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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