New finding of kyanite and andalusite in sillimanite-rich pelitic granulites from the Kerala Khondalite Belt, Southern India

Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 328-333

  Kato, Mutsumi ^a   Mitsui, Hyoe ^a   Kobayashi, Tomoyuki ^a   Hiroi, Yoshikuni ^a   Satish Kumar, M ^b   Dunkley, Daniel J ^c   Hokada, Tomokazu ^c  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Andalusite; Highland Complex; Kerala Khondalite Belt; Kyanite; Southwestern Group

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650727964     PISSN: 13456296     EISSN: 13493825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2465/jmps.100616     Document Type: Letter

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