The lower crust of the Dharwar Craton, Southern India: Patchwork of Archean granulitic domains

JJ Peucat, M Jayananda, D Chardon, R Capdevila… - Precambrian …, 2013 - Elsevier
U–Pb geochronological, major and trace element and isotope geochemical data identify
crustal domains of contrasted petrological origins and histories in the lower crust of the …

Proterozoic crustal evolution of southernmost India and Sri Lanka

I Braun, LM Kriegsman - Geological Society, London, Special …, 2003 - lyellcollection.org
Abstract The Southern Granulite Terrain of India comprises four Proterozoic domains (from
north to south): the Madurai Block, and the Achankovil, Ponmudi and Nagercoil Units. All but …

Charnockitic magmatism in southern India

HM Rajesh, M Santosh - Journal of Earth System Science, 2004 - Springer
Large charnockite massifs cover a substantial portion of the southern Indian granulite
terrain. The older (late Archaean to early Proterozoic) charnockites occur in the northern part …

Imaging the lithosphere‐asthenosphere boundary of the Indian plate using converted wave techniques

P Kumar, M Ravi Kumar, G Srijayanthi… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The lithospheric structure of the Indian plate has been investigated using converted wave
techniques (P and S receiver functions) and a novel stacking analysis technique (without …

High mantle heat flow in a Precambrian granulite province: Evidence from southern India

L Ray, PS Kumar, GK Reddy, S Roy… - Journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Twelve new heat flow values determined at nine sites and heat production estimated from
radioelemental measurements at 330 sites in the southern granulite province (SGP) bring …

High-pressure granulites at the dawn of the Proterozoic

JR Anderson, JL Payne, DE Kelsey, M Hand… - …, 2012 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
High-pressure metamorphism is uncommon in the ancient geological record. Kanja Malai, in
the Salem crustal block (southern India), contains high-pressure kyanite-garnet− bearing …

Whole-rock, phosphate, and silicate compositional trends across an amphibolite-to granulite-facies transition, Tamil Nadu, India

EC Hansen, DE Harlov - Journal of Petrology, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Chemical trends from north (amphibolite facies) to south (granulite facies) along a 95 km
traverse in Tamil Nadu, Southern India, include: whole-rock depletion of Rb, Cs, Th and U …

Metamorphism and isotopic evolution of granulites of southern India: reference to Neoproterozoic crustal evolution

A Mohan, M Jayananda - Gondwana Research, 1999 - Elsevier
Granulites are important component of high-grade metamorphic rocks reflecting intense
conditions observed for crustal rocks in terms of temperature, and pressure. This review …

Crustal trajectory of sapphirine‐bearing granulites from Ganguvarpatti, South India: evidence for an isothermal decompression path

A Mohan, BF Windley - Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
Ganguvarpatti is part of a Precambrian terrane characterized by granulite facies rocks,
including charnockites, mafic granulites, sapphirine‐bearing granulites, leptynites and …

Extremely High Density Pure CO2 Fluid Inclusions in a Garnet Granulite from Southern India

M Santosh, T Tsunogae - The Journal of geology, 2003 - journals.uchicago.edu
Abstract A Late Archean (2.4–2.7 Ga) garnet granulite from the southern margin of the south
Indian craton preserves fluid inclusions with the highest density CO2 yet reported from lower …