The Eastern Ghats Belt - A polycyclic granulite terrain

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 489-518

  Mukhopadhyay, Dhruba ^a   Basak, Krishnapriya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Eastern Ghats; Granulite terrain; Pan Africa events; Rodinia assembly

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GRANULITE; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; METAMORPHISM; OROGENIC BELT; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; PLUTON; RIFTING; RODINIA; SHEAR ZONE;

ANTARCTICA; ASIA; EASTERN GHATS; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN SHIELD; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 64249110658     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12594-009-0034-8     Document Type: Article

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