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Authors
Affiliations
1 PG Department of Geology, University of Jammu, Jammu-180 001, IN
2 Govt. Gandhi Memorial Science College, Canal Road, Jammu-180 001, IN
Source
Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 48, No 1 (1996), Pagination: 49-55
Abstract
Several granite plutons occur in the Great and Lesser Himalaya in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir. These granites assume batholithic to sub-batholithic dimensions and are composed of quartz, orthoclase, microcline, plagioclase, muscovite, biotite, hornblende and tourmaline besides epidote, apatite, futile, zircon, magnetite, ilmenite and sphene as accessories. These granites are peraluminous as the molar proportions of Al2O3 is greater than the molar proportions of (K2O+Na2O+CaO). High molar AI2O3/ (K2O+Na2O+CaO) ratios and normative corundum are indicative of the generation of these granites due to partial fusion of crustal materials.
Keywords
Petrology, Granites, Western Himalaya.