• Title of article

    Granulite Facies Spinel-Cordierite Assemblages from the Kerala Khondalite Belt, Southern India

  • Author/Authors

    Bindu، نويسنده , , R.S.، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1997
  • Pages
    8
  • From page
    121
  • To page
    128
  • Abstract
    Granulite facies metapelites at Koliacode in the Kerala Khondalite Belt show compositional bands of cordierite, spinel, sillimanite and biotite alternating with quartz-feldspar rich bands. Reaction textures involving cordierite and garnet show evidence for decompression. Mineral phase equilibria computations provide temperatures of ca. 700-750C and pressures of 4.5-5.0 kbar. Spinel in these rocks is remarkably enriched in Zn (ZnO up to 9.4 wt. %). The metamorphic P-T conditions and mineral reactions indicate that the terrain underwent rapid and near isothermal decompression.
  • Keywords
    petrology , P-T conditions , Mineral reactions , metapelite , Southern India
  • Journal title
    Gondwana Research
  • Serial Year
    1997
  • Journal title
    Gondwana Research
  • Record number

    2365024