Retrogressed eclogite (20 kbar, 1020 °C) from the Neoproterozoic Palghat-Cauvery suture zone, southern India

Precambrian Research

Volumn 171, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 23-36

  Sajeev, K ^a   Windley, B F ^b   Connolly, J A D ^c   Kon, Y ^d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hairpin type anticlockwise P T path; Palghat Cauvery suture zone; Retrogressed eclogite; Southern India; Subduction; Thermodynamic modeling

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; ECLOGITE; GABBRO; GARNET; METAMORPHISM; PROTEROZOIC; PROTOLITH; RETROGRESSION; SUBDUCTION; SUTURE ZONE;

INDIAN OCEAN; MOZAMBIQUE BASIN;

EID: 65049083842     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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