Colour-coded compositional mapping of orthopyroxene-plagioclase symplectites in mafic granulites from Panrimalai, South India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 285-290

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

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Mafic granulites; South India; Symplectites

Indexed keywords

GARNET; GRANULITE; MAFIC ROCK; MAPPING; ORTHOPYROXENE; PLAGIOCLASE; SYMPLECTITE; TEXTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34247476909     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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