Signatures of rift environment in the production of garnet-amphibolites and eclogites from Tso-Morari region, Ladakh, India: A geochemical study

Gondwana Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 512-523

  Rameshwar Rao, D ^a   Hakim Rai, ^a  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Eclogites; Garnet amphibolites; Ladakh, India; Mantle plumes; Tso Morari Crystalline Complex

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; ECLOGITE; GARNET; GEOCHEMISTRY; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; RIFT ZONE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; TSO MORIRI;

EID: 33646241749     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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