Greenschist-facies sub-ophiolitic metamorphic rocks of Andaman Islands, Burma-Java subduction complex

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 804-814

  Pal, Tapan ^a   Bhattacharya, Anindya ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Accretionary prism; Andaman Java subduction; Cretaceous ophiolite; Metamorphic sole

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CRETACEOUS; GREENSCHIST FACIES; HEAT SOURCE; LITHOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCK; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OLIGOCENE; OPHIOLITE; PORPHYROBLAST; QUARTZITE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ANDAMANS; ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; INDIA;

EID: 77957376483     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.05.017     Document Type: Article

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