Sapphirine and corundum-bearing granulites from Karur, Madurai block, southern India

Gondwana Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 925-930

  Tsunogae, Toshiaki ^a   Santosh, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corundum; Madurai Block; Sapphirine; Southern India; Ultrahigh temperature metamorphism

Indexed keywords

CORUNDUM; EXHUMATION; GRANULITE; ORTHOGNEISS; SAPPHIRINE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM;

INDIA; KARUR; MADURAI BLOCK; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 0242297882     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)71037-6     Document Type: Letter

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