Petrological evolution of the high pressure and ultrahigh-temperature mafic granulites from Karur, southern India: Evidence for decompressive and cooling retrograde trajectories

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-53

  Prakash, D ^a   Prakash, S ^a   Sachan, H K ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; DECOMPRESSION; GRANULITE; HIGH PRESSURE; PETROLOGY; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM; MAFIC ROCK; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

INDIA; KARUR; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 77956171124     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-010-0123-9     Document Type: Article

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