Anorthosites, Granulites and the Supercontinent Cycle

Gondwana Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 147-156

  Mukherjee, Amalbikash ^a   Das, Subhasish ^b  

^a 25 1 Subodh Park   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Anorthosites; Granulites; Grenville age; Orogeny; Proterozoic supercontinent

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DIAPIRISM; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GRANULITE; RECONSTRUCTION; RODINIA; SUPERCONTINENT;

CANADA; GRENVILLE PROVINCE;

EID: 0347309524     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70898-4     Document Type: Article

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