Post-peak, fluid-mediated modification of granulite facies zircon and monazite in the Trivandrum Block, southern India

The quarry at Kottavattom in the Trivandrum Block of southern India contains spectacular examples of fluid-assisted alteration of high-grade metamorphic rocks. Garnet-biotite gneiss has undergone a change in mineral assemblage to form submetre scale orthopyroxene-bearing patches, later retrogressed...

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Main Authors: Taylor, Richard, Clark, Christopher, Fitzsimons, Ian, Santosh, M., Hand, M., Evans, Noreen, McDonald, Bradley
Format: Journal Article
Published: Springer 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34512