The thrust-contact between the Eastern Ghats Belt and the adjoining Bastar craton (Eastern India): Evidence from mafic granulites and tectonic implications

Precambrian Research

Volumn 162, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 70-85

  Das, S ^a   Nasipuri, P ^a   Bhattacharya, A ^a   Swaminathan, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Craton mobile belt; Eastern Ghats Belt; Garnet breakdown; Mafic granulite; Pan African

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRATON; GARNET; GRANULITE; LITHOLOGY; MAFIC ROCK; PALEOZOIC; PLAGIOCLASE; PORPHYROBLAST; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONICS; THRUST;

ASIA; BASTAR CRATON; EASTERN GHATS; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 39749195558     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2007.07.013     Document Type: Article

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