Contrasting episodes of regional granulite-facies metamorphism in enclaves and host gneisses from the Aravalli - Delhi Mobile Belt, NW India

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-128

  Saha, L ^a   Bhowmik, S K ^a   Fukuoka, M ^b   Dasgupta, S ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH KOLKATA   (India)

Author keywords

High pressure metamorphism; Northwestern India; P T path; Polycyclic granulite enclave; Pseudosection

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKENING; GNEISS; GRANULITE FACIES; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; METAMORPHIC ROCK; OROGENIC BELT; P-T-T PATH; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 37449025812     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egm072     Document Type: Article

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