Granulite facies spinel-cordierite assemblages from the Kerala khondalite belt, southern India

Gondwana Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 121-128

  Bindu, R S ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Metapelite; Mineral reactions; P T conditions; Petrology; Southern India

Indexed keywords

BIOTITE; CORDIERITE; FELDSPAR; GRANULITE FACIES; METAPELITE; QUARTZ; SILLIMANITE; SPINEL;

INDIA; KERALA KHONDALITE BELT;

EID: 0038086015     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70010-1     Document Type: Article

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