Ca-W metasomatism in high-grade metapelites: An example from scheelite mineralization in Kerala Khondalite Belt, southern India

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 465-483

  Shabeer, K P ^a   Okudaira, T ^a   Satish Kumar, M ^b   Binu Lal, S S ^b   Hayasaka, Y ^c  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fluid inclusion; Hydrothermal mineralization; India; Kerala Khondalite Belt; Metasomatism; Scheelite

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; ROCKS;

MINERALIZATION;

CALCIUM;

FLUID EXPULSION; GRANULITE FACIES; METASOMATISM; MINERALIZATION; SCHEELITE; TUNGSTEN;

INDIA;

EID: 0042266298     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461036730111     Document Type: Article

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