Ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism from an unusual corundum+orthopyroxene intergrowth bearing Al-Mg granulite from the Southern Marginal Zone, Limpopo Complex, South Africa

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 457-475

  Belyanin, G A ^a   Rajesh, H M ^a   Sajeev, K ^b   Van Reenen, D D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Al Mg granulite; Antiperthite; Clockwise P T path; High Al orthopyroxene; Limpopo complex; Orthopyroxene + sillimanite quartz; Southern Marginal Zone; Spinel + quartz; Ultrahigh temperature metamorphism

Indexed keywords

CORUNDUM; CRATON; GRANITE; GRANULITE; GREENSTONE; ORTHOPYROXENE; P-T CONDITIONS; SILLIMANITE; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM;

LIMPOPO; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84865660965     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-012-0747-3     Document Type: Article

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