Passage through India: The Mozambique Ocean suture, high-pressure granulites and the Palghat-Cauvery shear zone system

Terra Nova

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-147

  Collins, Alan S ^a   Clark, Chris ^a   Sajeev, K ^b,d   Santosh, M ^c   Kelsey, David E ^a   Hand, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; GRANULITE; METAMORPHISM; MONAZITE; SHEAR ZONE; SUTURE ZONE; ZIRCON;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34047184911     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2007.00729.x     Document Type: Article

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