Two-pyroxene mafic granulites from Patharkhang, Shillong-Meghalaya Gneissic Complex

Current Science

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 100-105

  Dwivedi, S B ^a   Theunuo, K ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Mafic granulite; Metamorphism; Mineral assemblages; Pressure temperature condition.

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651429600     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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