Spinel-sapphirine-quartz bearing composite inclusion within garnet from an ultrahigh-temperature pelitic granulite: Implications for metamorphic history and P-T path

Lithos

Volumn 92, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 524-536

  Tsunogae, Toshiaki ^a,b   Santosh, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Counterclockwise P T path; Granulite facies; Madurai block; Southern India; Spinel + sapphirine + quartz; Ultrahigh temperature metamorphism

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; EXHUMATION; GARNET; GRANULITE FACIES; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MELT INCLUSION; P-T CONDITIONS; P-T-T PATH; PELITE; PORPHYROBLAST; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MADURAI; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 33749536768     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2006.03.060     Document Type: Article

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