Microstructurally controlled monazite chronology of ultrahigh-temperature granulites from southern India: Implications for the timing of Gondwana assembly

Island Arc

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 248-265

  Santosh, M ^a   Tsunogae, Toshiaki ^b   Tsutsumi, Yukiyasu ^c   Iwamura, Masayuki ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gondwana; Microchronology; Monazite; Southern India; Ultrahigh temperature metamorphism

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; GRANULITE; METAMORPHISM; MICROSTRUCTURE; MONAZITE; P-T CONDITIONS; PROTEROZOIC; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 66849097814     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2007.00601.x     Document Type: Article

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