Petrology of A-type hornblende granite and fayalite granite enclaves from cDML, East Antarctica: Some constraints on their origin

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 562-576

  Jayapaul, D ^a   Kundu, Amitava ^a   Gaur, M P ^a   Krishnamurthy, K V ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

A type granites; East Antarctica; Genesis; Petrochemistry; Petrology

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; FAYALITE; GRANITE; HORNBLENDE; PETROLOGY;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; WORLD;

EID: 27844585934     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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