Mechanism of arrested charnockite formation at Nemmara, Palghat region, southern India

Lithos

Volumn 75, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 331-358

  Ravindra Kumar, G R ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EARTH SCIENCE STUDIES   (India)

Author keywords

Arrested charnockite; Charnockite formation; Charnoenderbite; Element mobility; India; Palghat

Indexed keywords

CHARNOCKITE; FLUID FLOW; METAMORPHISM; METASOMATISM; PETROGENESIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; PALGHAT; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 3042792386     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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