Ultrahigh-temperature mafic granulites from Panrimalai, south India: Constraints from phase equilibria and thermobarometry

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-61

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

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Garnet bearing mafic granulites; SGT; Symplectite textures; Thermobarometry; TWQ program; Ultrahigh temperature decompression

Indexed keywords

BAROMETRY; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GARNET; GRANULITE; MAFIC ROCK; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; RESORPTION; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; PANRIMALAI; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 33846901617     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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