Contrasting metamorphism across Cauvery Shear Zone, south India

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-158

  John, Manish M ^a   Balakrishnan, S ^a   Bhadra, B K ^a,b  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CENTRAL ARID ZONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Cauvery Shear Zone; Geothermobarometry; Gondwanaland; Granulites; South India

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHISM; GARNET; GRANULITE; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ORTHOPYROXENE; P-T CONDITIONS; PLAGIOCLASE; QUARTZ; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM; SHEAR ZONE; SUTURE ZONE;

ASIA; CAUVERY BASIN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD; NAMAKKAL; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 33747888156     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02702016     Document Type: Article

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