Trace element and isotopic studies of Permo-Carboniferous carbonate nodules from Talchir sediments of peninsular India: Environmental and provenance implications |
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Authors: | Prosenjit Ghosh S K Bhattacharya A M Dayal J R Trivedi M Ebihara M M Sarin A Chakrabarti |
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Institution: | (1) Physical Research Laboratory, 380 009 Ahmedabad, India;(2) Indian Institute of Technology, 721 302 Kharagpur, India;(3) National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India;(4) Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, 192-0397 Tokyo, Japan |
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Abstract: | Syngenetic carbonate nodules constitute an interesting feature of the glaciogene sediments of various Talchir basins in peninsular
India. Petrographic, cathodoluminescence and sedimentary results suggest that many of these nodules contain primary carbonate
precipitates whose geochemical signatures can be used for determining environment of deposition and provenance of the sediments
and drainage source. Several nodules were collected from Gondwana basins of east-central India and analyzed for stable carbon
and oxygen isotope ratios, REE and trace element composition, and Sr isotope ratio. The mean δ18O and δ13C values of the calcites in the nodules are — 19.5% and-9.7% (w.r.t. PDB) respectively suggesting a freshwater environment
(probably lacustrine) for formation of these objects. Trace element ratios (Eu/Eu * and La/Yb) of the nodule samples show
that the source of the sediments in the Damodar valley basin was the granites, gneisses and intrusives in the Chotanagpur
region. The sediments in the Mahanadi valley were derived from granulites, charnockites and granites of the eastern ghat region.
The Sr concentration of the carbonate phase of the nodules is low, ranging from 10–60 ng/g. The87Sr/86Sr ratios of the samples from the west Bokaro basin and Ramgarh basin vary from 0.735 to 0.748 (mean: 0.739) and from 0.726
to 0.733 (mean: 0.730) respectively. These values are consistent with our proposition that water of these basins drained through
the granitic rocks of the Chotanagpur region. In contrast, the87Sr/86Sr ratios of the samples from the Talchir basin (Type area) of Mahanadi valley vary from 0.718 to 0.723 (mean: 0.719). These87Sr/86Sr ratios are close to those of the granulites in the adjoining eastern ghat belt suggesting that area as the drainage source. |
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Keywords: | Talchir nodules stable isotopes REE and trace elements provenance and environment |
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