The Neo-Archean Sonakhan Greenstone Belt(SGB) located in the north-eastern fringes of Bastar craton,Central India, is dominated by Basalts, Andesites, Dacites and Rhyolites association. Partial melting modeling on the...The Neo-Archean Sonakhan Greenstone Belt(SGB) located in the north-eastern fringes of Bastar craton,Central India, is dominated by Basalts, Andesites, Dacites and Rhyolites association. Partial melting modeling on the SGB metabasalts indicates that these rocks were derived by20% melting of spinel peridotite. Fractional crystallisation modeling with REE reveal that the most evolved samples represent the product of fractional crystallization of least evolved magma with 35% plagioclase, 35% clinopyroxene,20% olivine, 5% magnetite and 5% ilmenite as fractionating minerals with 40% remaining magma. Depletion of HFSE with reference to the LILE and LREE/HFSE ratios and Nb, Zr anomalies in the multi-element diagram of the mafic rocks of SGB indicate Island arc magmatic setting.The enriched Th/Yb values further substantiate that the mantle arrays were modified by subduction-related fluids or melts. The general conclusions drawn indicate that the metabasalts from the SGB were formed as a result of subduction of an intraoceanic lithosphere in a fore-arc suprasubduction zone environment.展开更多
Mafic/ultramafic rocks derived from high siliceous(high-Si)high magnesium(high-Mg)mantle melts are an important feature observed during early Precambrian.They provide much important geological and petrological
The Bastar craton largely consists of Mesoarchaean orthogneisses with vestiges of supracrustal rocks that have been intruded by Proterozoic granites and mafic dykes.Many regions in the Bastar craton have been subjecte...The Bastar craton largely consists of Mesoarchaean orthogneisses with vestiges of supracrustal rocks that have been intruded by Proterozoic granites and mafic dykes.Many regions in the Bastar craton have been subjected to medium or high grade metamorphic conditions but the nature and timing of regional metamorphism is poorly understood.In this study,metamorphosed mafic igneous rocks collected from two different dyke swarms from the southern part of the Central Indian Bastar craton have been studied to evaluate the timing and conditions of metamorphism.In this region,two distinct metamorphosed dyke swarms are recognized based on differences in petrology and geochemistry:the Meso-Neoarchaean sub-alkaline BD1 swarm and the Neoarchaean boninite-norite(BN)swarm.展开更多
New geochemical data of the crater-facies Tokapal kimberlite system sandwiched between the lower and upper stratigraphic horizons of the Mesoproterozoic lndravati Basin a：：e presented. The kimberlite has been subjec...New geochemical data of the crater-facies Tokapal kimberlite system sandwiched between the lower and upper stratigraphic horizons of the Mesoproterozoic lndravati Basin a：：e presented. The kimberlite has been subjected to extensive and pervasive low-temperature alteration. Spinel is the only primary phase identifiable, while olivine macrocrysts and juvenile lapilli are largely pseudomorphed （talc-serpentine- carbonate alteration）. However, with the exception of the alkalies, major element oxides display systematic fractionation trends; likewise, HFSE patterns are well correlated and allow petrogenetic interpretation. Various crustal contamination indices such as （SiO2 ＋ AI：：O3 ~ Na20）]（MgO ~ K20） and Si] Mg are close to those of uncontaminated kimberlites. Similar La]Yb （＇79-109） of the Tokapal samples with those from the kimberlites of Wajrakarur （73-145） and Narayanpet （72-156）, Eastern Dharwar craton, southern India implies a similarity in their genesis. In the discriminant plots involving HFSE the Tokapal samples display strong affinities to Group 1I kimberlites from southern Africa and central India as well as to ＇transitional kimberlites＇ from the Eastern Dharwar craton, southern India, and those from the Prieska and Kuruman provinces of southern Africa. There is a striking ~;imilarity in the depleted-mantle （TOM） Nd model ages of the Tokapal kimberlite system, Bastar craton, th~ kimberlites from NKF and WKE Eastern Dharwar craton, and the Majhgawan diatreme, Bundelkhand craton, with the emplacement age of some of the lamproites from within and around the Palaeo^Mesoproterozoic Cuddapah basin, southern India. These similar ages imply a major tectonomagmatic event, possibly related to the break- up of the supercontinent of Columbia, at 1.3-1.5 Ga across the l：hree cratons. The ＇transitional＇ geochemical features displayed by many of the Mesoproterozoic po~：assic-ultrapotassic rocks, across these Indian cratons are inferred to be memories of the metasomatising fluids]melts imprinted on their source regions during this widespread event.展开更多
文摘The Neo-Archean Sonakhan Greenstone Belt(SGB) located in the north-eastern fringes of Bastar craton,Central India, is dominated by Basalts, Andesites, Dacites and Rhyolites association. Partial melting modeling on the SGB metabasalts indicates that these rocks were derived by20% melting of spinel peridotite. Fractional crystallisation modeling with REE reveal that the most evolved samples represent the product of fractional crystallization of least evolved magma with 35% plagioclase, 35% clinopyroxene,20% olivine, 5% magnetite and 5% ilmenite as fractionating minerals with 40% remaining magma. Depletion of HFSE with reference to the LILE and LREE/HFSE ratios and Nb, Zr anomalies in the multi-element diagram of the mafic rocks of SGB indicate Island arc magmatic setting.The enriched Th/Yb values further substantiate that the mantle arrays were modified by subduction-related fluids or melts. The general conclusions drawn indicate that the metabasalts from the SGB were formed as a result of subduction of an intraoceanic lithosphere in a fore-arc suprasubduction zone environment.
文摘Mafic/ultramafic rocks derived from high siliceous(high-Si)high magnesium(high-Mg)mantle melts are an important feature observed during early Precambrian.They provide much important geological and petrological
基金the Department of Science and Technology,New Delhi for providing research grant for this work(ESS/16/185/2003)。
文摘The Bastar craton largely consists of Mesoarchaean orthogneisses with vestiges of supracrustal rocks that have been intruded by Proterozoic granites and mafic dykes.Many regions in the Bastar craton have been subjected to medium or high grade metamorphic conditions but the nature and timing of regional metamorphism is poorly understood.In this study,metamorphosed mafic igneous rocks collected from two different dyke swarms from the southern part of the Central Indian Bastar craton have been studied to evaluate the timing and conditions of metamorphism.In this region,two distinct metamorphosed dyke swarms are recognized based on differences in petrology and geochemistry:the Meso-Neoarchaean sub-alkaline BD1 swarm and the Neoarchaean boninite-norite(BN)swarm.
文摘New geochemical data of the crater-facies Tokapal kimberlite system sandwiched between the lower and upper stratigraphic horizons of the Mesoproterozoic lndravati Basin a：：e presented. The kimberlite has been subjected to extensive and pervasive low-temperature alteration. Spinel is the only primary phase identifiable, while olivine macrocrysts and juvenile lapilli are largely pseudomorphed （talc-serpentine- carbonate alteration）. However, with the exception of the alkalies, major element oxides display systematic fractionation trends; likewise, HFSE patterns are well correlated and allow petrogenetic interpretation. Various crustal contamination indices such as （SiO2 ＋ AI：：O3 ~ Na20）]（MgO ~ K20） and Si] Mg are close to those of uncontaminated kimberlites. Similar La]Yb （＇79-109） of the Tokapal samples with those from the kimberlites of Wajrakarur （73-145） and Narayanpet （72-156）, Eastern Dharwar craton, southern India implies a similarity in their genesis. In the discriminant plots involving HFSE the Tokapal samples display strong affinities to Group 1I kimberlites from southern Africa and central India as well as to ＇transitional kimberlites＇ from the Eastern Dharwar craton, southern India, and those from the Prieska and Kuruman provinces of southern Africa. There is a striking ~;imilarity in the depleted-mantle （TOM） Nd model ages of the Tokapal kimberlite system, Bastar craton, th~ kimberlites from NKF and WKE Eastern Dharwar craton, and the Majhgawan diatreme, Bundelkhand craton, with the emplacement age of some of the lamproites from within and around the Palaeo^Mesoproterozoic Cuddapah basin, southern India. These similar ages imply a major tectonomagmatic event, possibly related to the break- up of the supercontinent of Columbia, at 1.3-1.5 Ga across the l：hree cratons. The ＇transitional＇ geochemical features displayed by many of the Mesoproterozoic po~：assic-ultrapotassic rocks, across these Indian cratons are inferred to be memories of the metasomatising fluids]melts imprinted on their source regions during this widespread event.
