Osumilite-melt interactions in ultrahigh temperature granulites: Phase equilibria modelling and implications for the P-T-t evolution of the eastern ghats province, india

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 881-907

  Korhonen, F J ^a,d   Brown, M ^b   Clark, C ^a   Bhattacharya, S ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Counter clockwise P T paths; Eastern Ghats Province; Melt reintegration; Osumilite; Phase equilibria modelling; UHT metamorphism

Indexed keywords

BULK CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EASTERN GHATS PROVINCE; FINE-GRAINED MINERALS; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; METAMORPHIC CONDITIONS; OSUMILITE; P-T PATH; UHT METAMORPHISM;

CLOCKS; FELDSPAR; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICA; PETROLOGY; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; QUARTZ; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION;

CORDIERITE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANULITE; MELT; MODELING; P-T-T PATH; PETROLOGY; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM;

EASTERN GHATS; INDIA;

EID: 84883754286     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jmg.12049     Document Type: Article

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