First report of sapphirine+quartz assemblage from southern India: Implications for ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism

Gondwana Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 899-912

  Tateishi, Keiko ^a   Tsunogae, Toshiaki ^a   Santosh, M ^b   Janardhan, A S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

Al rich orthopyroxene; Madurai Block; Southern India; Ultra temperature metamorphism

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; GONDWANA; MINERALIZATION; P-T CONDITIONS; QUARTZ; SAPPHIRINE; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM;

INDIA;

EID: 5444253102     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)71073-X     Document Type: Article

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