Ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism and decompression history of sapphirine granulites from Rajapalaiyam, southern India: Implications for the formation of hot orogens during Gondwana assembly

Geological Magazine

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-58

  Tsunogae, T ^a,b   Santosh, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aluminous orthopyroxene; Anticlockwise path; Isobaric cooling; Madurai Block; Mesoperthite; Sapphirine + quartz; Spinel + quartz

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BINARY ALLOYS; FELDSPAR; GARNETS; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; TECTONICS; TEXTURES;

ANTICLOCKWISE PATH; ISOBARIC COOLING; MADURAI BLOCK; MESOPERTHITE; ORTHOPYROXENE;

QUARTZ;

COOLING; DECOMPRESSION; EXHUMATION; FLUID INCLUSION; FORMATION MECHANISM; GARNET; GONDWANA; GRANULITE; OROGENY; ORTHOPYROXENE; P-T CONDITIONS; P-T-T PATH; QUARTZ; SAPPHIRINE; SPINEL; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM;

INDIA; MADURAI BLOCK; RAJAPALAYAM; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 77953615402     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756809990100     Document Type: Article

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