Ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism in the Palni Hills South India: Insights from feldspar thermometry and phase equilibria

International Geology Review

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 619-638

  Prakash, D ^a   Arima, M ^b   Mohan, A ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; FELDSPAR; GRANULITE FACIES; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33746710316     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.48.7.619     Document Type: Article

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