Sapphirine+quartz assemblage from the Southern Granulite Terrane, India: Diagnostic evidence for ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism within the Gondwana collisional orogen

Geological Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 183-197

  Tsunogae, Toshiaki ^a,b   Santosh, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clockwise and counterclockwise P T path; Gondwana supercontinent; Madurai Block; Magnesian staurolite; Palghat Cauvery Suture Zone; Sapphirine+quartz; Southern India; Ultrahigh temperature metamorphism

Indexed keywords

GRANULITE FACIES; METAMORPHIC ROCK; MICROSTRUCTURE; P-T-T PATH; PETROLOGY; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM;

DHARWAR CRATON; INDIA;

EID: 79953001339     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1244     Document Type: Article

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