Ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism followed by two-stage decompression of garnet-orthopyroxene-sillimanite granulites from Ganguvarpatti, Madurai block, southern India

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-46

  Sajeev, K ^a   Osanai, Y ^b   Santosh, M ^c  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPRESSION; GRANULITE; P-T CONDITIONS; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; GANGUVARPATTI; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 4544265313     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-004-0592-0     Document Type: Article

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