Electron microprobe dating of monazites from an ultrahigh-temperature granulite in Southern India: Implications for the timing of Gondwana assembly

Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 77-87

  Santosh, M ^a   Yokoyama, Masataka ^a   Tsutsumi, Yukiyasu ^b   Yoshikura, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron microprobe dating; Gondwana; Monazite; Southern India; Ultrahigh temperature granulite

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749131473     PISSN: 13456296     EISSN: 13493825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2465/jmps.070528b     Document Type: Article

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