Neoarchean high-pressure metamorphism from the northern margin of the Palghat-Cauvery Suture Zone, southern India: Petrology and zircon SHRIMP geochronology

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 268-285

  Saitoh, Yohsuke ^a   Tsunogae, Toshiaki ^a   Santosh, M ^b   Chetty, T R K ^c   Horie, Kenji ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Charnockite; Geochronology; Gondwana supercontinent; Mafic granulite; Metamorphic history; P T path; Tectonics; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CAMBRIAN; CHARNOCKITE; EMPLACEMENT; EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; GRANULITE; MAFIC ROCK; P-T CONDITIONS; PETROLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; SUPERCONTINENT; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; ZIRCON;

INDIA;

EID: 79957453901     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.11.015     Document Type: Article

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