An unusual high-Mg garnet-spinel orthopyroxenite from southern India: Evidence for ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism at high-pressure conditions

Geological Magazine

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 923-932

  Sajeev, K ^a   Santosh, M ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Garnet spinel orthopyroxenite; P T evolution; Southern India; UHT granulite

Indexed keywords

METALS; MINERALS; TEXTURES;

GRANULAR TEXTURE; HIGH AL CONTENT; HIGH-PRESSURE CONDITION; ISOTHERMAL DECOMPRESSION; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; SOUTHERN INDIA; UHT GRANULITE; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE;

GARNETS;

GARNET; GRANULITE; HIGH PRESSURE; MAGNESIUM; ORTHOPYROXENE; P-T CONDITIONS; SPINEL; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33751021109     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756806002470     Document Type: Article

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