Spinel + quartz assemblage in granulites from the Achankovil Shear Zone, southern India: Implications for ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 209-222

  Shimizu, Hisako ^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

Gondwana supercontinent; Granulite; Neoproterozoic; P T path; Tectonics; Ultrahigh temperature metamorphism

Indexed keywords

BIOTITE; CORDIERITE; DECOMPRESSION; FLUID INCLUSION; GARNET; GONDWANA; GRANULITE; ORTHOPYROXENE; P-T CONDITIONS; P-T-T PATH; PLAGIOCLASE; QUARTZ; SHEAR ZONE; SPINEL; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67650944983     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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