The P-T-t architecture of a Gondwanan suture: REE, U-Pb and Ti-in-zircon thermometric constraints from the Palghat Cauvery shear system, South India

Precambrian Research

Volumn 174, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 129-144

  Clark, Chris ^a   Collins, Alan S ^b   Santosh, M ^c   Taylor, Richard ^d   Wade, Benjamin P ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Garnet; Gondwana; Monazite; THERMOCALC; UHT metamorphism; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; COOLING; EDIACARAN; GARNET; GONDWANA; HEATING; KYANITE; METAMORPHISM; MONAZITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SHEAR; SUTURE ZONE; TITANIUM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; PALGHAT; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70349102200     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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