Characterization of green garnets from an Archean calc-silicate rock, Bandihalli, Karnataka, India: Evidence for a continuous solid solution between uvarovite and grandite

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 345-352

  Parthasarathy, G ^a   Balaram, V ^a   Srinivasan, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GARNET; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SOLID SOLUTION;

BANDIHALLI; INDIA; KARNATAKA;

EID: 0032767164     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0743-9547(98)00064-6     Document Type: Article

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