Exsolution textures in orthopyroxene in aluminous granulites as indicators of UHT metamorphism: New evidence from the Eastern Ghats Belt, India

Lithos

Volumn 92, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 506-523

  Bose, Sankar ^a   Das, Kaushik ^b   Dasgupta, Somnath ^c   Miura, Hiroyuki ^d   Fukuoka, Masato ^e  

^a PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

^c JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aluminous orthopyroxene; Eastern ghats; Intergrowth textures; UHT metamorphism

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; EXSOLUTION; GEOTHERMOMETRY; GRANULITE; IRON; MAGNESIUM; ORTHOPYROXENE; TITANIUM; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM;

ASIA; EASTERN GHATS; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33751107168     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2006.03.062     Document Type: Article

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