Metamorphic P-T path of the eastern Trivandrum Granulite Block, southern India: Implications for regional correlation of lower crustal fragments

Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 279-284

  Tadokoro, Hiroyuki ^a   Tsunogae, Toshiaki ^a,b   Santosh, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Geothermobarometry; Gondwana Supercontinent; Southern India; Spinel + quarts; Trivandrum Granulite Block; Ultrahigh temperature metamorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349132501     PISSN: 13456296     EISSN: 13493825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2465/jmps.080110     Document Type: Conference Paper

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