Multiple tectonometamorphic imprints in the lower crust: First evidence of ca. 950Ma (zircon U-Pb SHRIMP) compressional reworking of UHT aluminous granulites from the Eastern Ghats Belt, India

Geological Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 217-239

  Das, Kaushik ^a   Bose, Sankar ^b   Karmakar, Subrata ^c   Dunkley, Daniel J ^d   Dasgupta, Somnath ^e  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^e INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH KOLKATA   (India)

Author keywords

Deep crustal reworking; Eastern Ghats Belt; India; UHT aluminous granulites; Zircon U Pb SHRIMP ages

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANULITE FACIES; P-T CONDITIONS; P-T-T PATH; PETROLOGY; SHRIMP DATING; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

EASTERN GHATS; INDIA;

EID: 78751703280     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1246     Document Type: Article

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