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Fifteen pairs of coexisting pyroxenes from basic granulites associated with leptynites in the khondalite suite of rocks are analysed and the distribution of Mg and Fe2+ ratios is presented. Temperature estimates for the coexisting pyroxenes from the basic granulites of Visakhapatnam may be expressed as 750±100†C corresponding to intermediate pressure granulites.
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Rao, A.T., Rao, J.U., Rao, A.M. et al. Coexisting pyroxenes from the basic granulites of Visakhapatnam area in the Eastern Ghats terrain. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Earth Planet Sci.) 100, 281–291 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02895988
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