Strain localization, granulite formation and geodynamic setting of 'hot orogens': A case study from the Eastern Ghats Province, India

Geological Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 334-351

  Gupta, Saibal ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Eastern Ghats; Granulite; Hot orogens; Neoproterozoic; Rheological weakening; Strain localization

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION; FOOTWALL; GEODYNAMICS; GRANULITE; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM; UPPER CRUST;

EASTERN GHATS; INDIA;

EID: 84859379446     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1328     Document Type: Article

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