Early Palaeozoic Cambrian A-type Kathalguri Granites in the Mikir Hills of northeastern (NE) India were studied to better understand the geodynamic settings in this region. This research presents new whole-rock geoche...Early Palaeozoic Cambrian A-type Kathalguri Granites in the Mikir Hills of northeastern (NE) India were studied to better understand the geodynamic settings in this region. This research presents new whole-rock geochemical and Sr, Nd, Pb isotopic data for the Cambrian granites in the Kathalguri Granite in Mikir Hills. The Kathalguri Granite shows geochemical characteristics of high SiO2, K2O and low FeOT, MgO, CaO, and P2O5 compositions. They belong to a high K Shoshonite to ultra-potassic series and display a weak metaluminous to peraluminous feature with A/CNK values of 0.83 to 1.02 with corundum and anorthite normative. FeOT/MgO varies from 2.93 - 7.49, is moderately oxidized and belongs to magnetite series. The rocks have a high ΣREE composition of 370.80 - 1353.23 ppm (average 568.55) and are enriched in LREE with flat HREE and (La/Yb)N values of 8.10 - 18.99, and display obvious strong negative Eu anomalies. Trace elements of the studied granites are characterized by enrichment in Rb, Th, U, Pb, Hf, and Sm, and depletion of Ba, Nb, Ta, and Sr. They display geochemical features of high Zr + Y + Nb + Ce values (241 - 934 ppm) and Ga/Al ratios 2.49 - 3.01 consistent with A-Type granites. Based on particular geochemical features, such as high Rb/Nb (3.10 - 19.53) and Low Y/Nb (0.09 - 2.28), Kathalguri Granite can be further classified as an A1-type subgroup. Granites display relatively low Sr (N ratio varying between 0.53 - 0.89 suggesting that the melts generated at greater depths (18 - 40 km), and fractionation at low pressures (−3 and total HGU 98.96 to 214.20. Kathalguri Granite dated by Rb-Sr isotopic isochrone as 489 ± 19 Ma with an initial 87Sr/86Sr 0.7199 ± 0.0017 and MSWD of 4.1, εSr(I) varied between 161.62 - 332.08 suggests that the Kathalguri Granite have originated from partial melting of ancient, evolved continental crustal material. The Sm-Nd Systematics has given a depleted mantle model (TDM) age ranging from 1733 - 2063 Ma with high negative εNd(t) values (−10.39 to −15.18) also hint at some heterogeneity or multiple source contributions in the melting process of the protolith. Xenoliths of older mafic rocks and Barapani arenites are seen within the Kathalguri Granite and are also supported by geochemical signatures of recycled crustal materials both mafic and sedimentary. It formed during the Cambrian reorganization of lithospheric plate motion related to the Pan-African-Braziliano event.展开更多
The Rb-Sr whole-rock isochron,age 1636±66 Ma of Mirgarani granite,is the one of the oldest granite dated in the northwestern part of the Chhotanagpur Granite Gneiss Complex(CGGC).The initial Sr ratio is 0.715...The Rb-Sr whole-rock isochron,age 1636±66 Ma of Mirgarani granite,is the one of the oldest granite dated in the northwestern part of the Chhotanagpur Granite Gneiss Complex(CGGC).The initial Sr ratio is 0.715±0.012(MSWD=0.11),showing an S-type affinity.The Mirgarani granite has intruded the migmatite complex of the Dudhi Group and forms the Mirgarani formation comparable to the granites of the Bihar Mica Belt around Hazaribagh(1590±30 Ma).The present studies have established the chronostratigraphy of the Dudhi Group and adjoining areas in CGGC.Petro-graphic and geochemical studies revealed that the granite is enriched in Rb(271 ppm),Pb(77 ppm),Th(25 ppm),and U(33 ppm)and depleted in Sr(95 ppm),Nb(16 ppm),Ba(399 ppm)and Zr(143 ppm)contents as compared to the normal granite.The Mirgarani granite is a peraluminous(A/CNK=1.23),high potassic(K_(2)O 6.42%),Calc-Alkalic to Alkali-Calcic{(Na_(2)O+K_(2)O)-CaO=6.29}S-Type granite,a feature supported by the presence of modal garnet and normative corundum(2.68%).The Mirgarani granite is considered to have been formed by the anatexis of a crustal sedimentary protolith at a depth of approximately 30 km with temperatures ranging from 685-700℃ during the Co-lumbian-Nuna Supercontinent.展开更多
文摘Early Palaeozoic Cambrian A-type Kathalguri Granites in the Mikir Hills of northeastern (NE) India were studied to better understand the geodynamic settings in this region. This research presents new whole-rock geochemical and Sr, Nd, Pb isotopic data for the Cambrian granites in the Kathalguri Granite in Mikir Hills. The Kathalguri Granite shows geochemical characteristics of high SiO2, K2O and low FeOT, MgO, CaO, and P2O5 compositions. They belong to a high K Shoshonite to ultra-potassic series and display a weak metaluminous to peraluminous feature with A/CNK values of 0.83 to 1.02 with corundum and anorthite normative. FeOT/MgO varies from 2.93 - 7.49, is moderately oxidized and belongs to magnetite series. The rocks have a high ΣREE composition of 370.80 - 1353.23 ppm (average 568.55) and are enriched in LREE with flat HREE and (La/Yb)N values of 8.10 - 18.99, and display obvious strong negative Eu anomalies. Trace elements of the studied granites are characterized by enrichment in Rb, Th, U, Pb, Hf, and Sm, and depletion of Ba, Nb, Ta, and Sr. They display geochemical features of high Zr + Y + Nb + Ce values (241 - 934 ppm) and Ga/Al ratios 2.49 - 3.01 consistent with A-Type granites. Based on particular geochemical features, such as high Rb/Nb (3.10 - 19.53) and Low Y/Nb (0.09 - 2.28), Kathalguri Granite can be further classified as an A1-type subgroup. Granites display relatively low Sr (N ratio varying between 0.53 - 0.89 suggesting that the melts generated at greater depths (18 - 40 km), and fractionation at low pressures (−3 and total HGU 98.96 to 214.20. Kathalguri Granite dated by Rb-Sr isotopic isochrone as 489 ± 19 Ma with an initial 87Sr/86Sr 0.7199 ± 0.0017 and MSWD of 4.1, εSr(I) varied between 161.62 - 332.08 suggests that the Kathalguri Granite have originated from partial melting of ancient, evolved continental crustal material. The Sm-Nd Systematics has given a depleted mantle model (TDM) age ranging from 1733 - 2063 Ma with high negative εNd(t) values (−10.39 to −15.18) also hint at some heterogeneity or multiple source contributions in the melting process of the protolith. Xenoliths of older mafic rocks and Barapani arenites are seen within the Kathalguri Granite and are also supported by geochemical signatures of recycled crustal materials both mafic and sedimentary. It formed during the Cambrian reorganization of lithospheric plate motion related to the Pan-African-Braziliano event.
文摘The Rb-Sr whole-rock isochron,age 1636±66 Ma of Mirgarani granite,is the one of the oldest granite dated in the northwestern part of the Chhotanagpur Granite Gneiss Complex(CGGC).The initial Sr ratio is 0.715±0.012(MSWD=0.11),showing an S-type affinity.The Mirgarani granite has intruded the migmatite complex of the Dudhi Group and forms the Mirgarani formation comparable to the granites of the Bihar Mica Belt around Hazaribagh(1590±30 Ma).The present studies have established the chronostratigraphy of the Dudhi Group and adjoining areas in CGGC.Petro-graphic and geochemical studies revealed that the granite is enriched in Rb(271 ppm),Pb(77 ppm),Th(25 ppm),and U(33 ppm)and depleted in Sr(95 ppm),Nb(16 ppm),Ba(399 ppm)and Zr(143 ppm)contents as compared to the normal granite.The Mirgarani granite is a peraluminous(A/CNK=1.23),high potassic(K_(2)O 6.42%),Calc-Alkalic to Alkali-Calcic{(Na_(2)O+K_(2)O)-CaO=6.29}S-Type granite,a feature supported by the presence of modal garnet and normative corundum(2.68%).The Mirgarani granite is considered to have been formed by the anatexis of a crustal sedimentary protolith at a depth of approximately 30 km with temperatures ranging from 685-700℃ during the Co-lumbian-Nuna Supercontinent.
