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Charnockite 'in the Breaking': Evidences from the Trivandrum Region, South Kerala


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1 Centre for Earth Science Studies, P. B. 2235, Sasthamangalam, Trivandrum 695 010, India
2 Department of Geosciences, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
     

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Field and microstructural evidences indicating retrogressive-transformation of banded charnockite to leptynite (garnet gneiss) through a transition zone of khondalite (garnet biotite gneiss) is reported from two localities in south Kerala. In the same localities, formation of acid charnockite patches are also noted. Structural analyses show that the breaking event post-dates the formation and isoclinal folding of banded charnockite, but clearly pre-dates the making of patchy charnockite.
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M. Santosh
Centre for Earth Science Studies, P. B. 2235, Sasthamangalam, Trivandrum 695 010, India
Marasu Yoshida
Department of Geosciences, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan

Abstract


Field and microstructural evidences indicating retrogressive-transformation of banded charnockite to leptynite (garnet gneiss) through a transition zone of khondalite (garnet biotite gneiss) is reported from two localities in south Kerala. In the same localities, formation of acid charnockite patches are also noted. Structural analyses show that the breaking event post-dates the formation and isoclinal folding of banded charnockite, but clearly pre-dates the making of patchy charnockite.