Charnockites of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

The tonalitic charnockites from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, belong to 2,600 m y. age. They were structurally emplaced along the axes of NE and E plunging overturned isoclinal synclines exhibited by khondalites. The palingenetic charnockites of granodioritic composition have indicated an age of 2,000 m.y., which corresponds to the age of NW-SE cross-folds in the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh.