The ultrahigh temperature granulites of southern Madagascar in a polymetamorphic context: Implications for the amalgamation of the Gondwana supercontinent

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-156

  Jöns, Niels ^a   Schenk, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

East african orogen; Gondwana assembly; Madagascar; Metapelite; Orthopyroxene sillimanite quartz; Osumilite; Sapphirine quartz; U Pb zircon shrimp dating; U Th Pb monazite dating; Ultrahigh temperature metamorphism

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BINARY ALLOYS; METALS; MONAZITE; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SHELLFISH; SILICATE MINERALS; TERNARY ALLOYS; THORIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCON;

EAST AFRICANS; MADAGASCAR; METAPELITES; ORTHOPYROXENE; OSUMILITE; SHRIMP DATING; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE;

LEAD ALLOYS;

AGE DETERMINATION; DECOMPRESSION; EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; GRANULITE; METAPELITE; MONAZITE; OROGENY; ORTHOPYROXENE; P-T CONDITIONS; QUARTZ; SAPPHIRINE; SHRIMP DATING; SILLIMANITE; SYMPLECTITE; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM; URANIUM SERIES DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

MADAGASCAR;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 79956328184     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2011/0023-2087     Document Type: Article

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