Evolution of high-Mg-Al granulites from Sunkarametta, Eastern Ghats, India: Evidence for a lower crustal heating-cooling trajectory

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 223-240.

  Bose, S ^a   Fukuoka, M ^b   Sengupta, P ^a   Dasgupta, S ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eastern Ghats; Heating cooling trajectory; Prograde path; UHT metamorphism

Indexed keywords

GRANULITE; P-T CONDITIONS; PETROLOGY; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM;

EASTERN GHATS; INDIA; SUNKARAMETTA;

EID: 0034193614     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.2000.00253.x     Document Type: Article

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