Genesis of wollastonite- and grandite-rich skarns in a suite of marble-calc-silicate rocks from Sittampundi, Tamil Nadu: Constraints on the P-T-fluid regime in parts of the Pan-African mobile belt of South India

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 179-200

  Sengupta, P ^a   Dutta, U ^a   Bhui, Uttam K ^a   Mukhopadhyay, D ^b  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; CALC SILICATE ROCK; CLINOPYROXENE; GRANITE; MARBLE; METAPELITE; P-T-T PATH; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; PETROLOGY; PROGRADE METAMORPHISM; SKARN; WOLLASTONITE;

INDIA; SITTAMPUNDI COMPLEX; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 61349174591     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-008-0037-y     Document Type: Article

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