Sapphirine and corundum bearing ultrahigh temperature rocks from the Palghat-Cauvery Shear System, southern India

Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 298-310

  Koshimato, Saori ^a   Tsunogae, Toshiaki ^b   Santosh, M ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

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EID: 5444273335     PISSN: 13456296     EISSN: 13493825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2465/jmps.99.298     Document Type: Article

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