∼1.6Ga ultrahigh-temperature granulite metamorphism in the Central Indian Tectonic Zone: Insights from metamorphic reaction history, geothermobarometry and monazite chemical ages

Geological Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 198-216

  Bhandari, Anubha ^a   Chandra Pant, Naresh ^a   Bhowmik, Santanu Kumar ^a   Goswami, Sriparna ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Central Indian Tectonic Zone; Interorogen correlation; Monazite chemical age dating; Ultrahigh temperature metamorphism

Indexed keywords

ANATEXIS; METAGREYWACKE; MONAZITE; OROGENY; P-T CONDITIONS; PROTOLITH; RECRYSTALLIZATION; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM;

EID: 79953005488     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1221     Document Type: Article

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