Unraveling sedimentary provenance and tectonothermal history of high-temperature metapelites, using zircon and monazite chemistry: A case study from the eastern ghats belt, India

Journal of Geology

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 665-683

  Upadhyay, Dewashish ^a   Gerdes, Axel ^b   Raith, Michael M ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; DEPOSITION; JUVENILE; METAMORPHISM; METAPELITE; MIGMATIZATION; OROGENY; PROVENANCE; REACTION KINETICS;

ASIA; EASTERN GHATS; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70350062085     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/606036     Document Type: Article

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