Petrology of mafic-ultramafic rocks along North Puruliya Shear zone,West Bengal |
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Authors: | Aditi Mandal Arijit Ray |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Geology, Presidency College, Kolkata, 700 073, India |
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Abstract: | The North Puruliya Shear zone (NPSZ) is characterized by occurrence of mafic-ultramafic rocks aligned parallel to the shear
zone, intruding the high grade Proterozoic rocks of Chhotanagpur Gneissic Complex. The ultramafic rocks occur as small lenses,
pockets, veins, thin dykes and are intimately associated with mafic (gabbro, norite) rocks. Pyroxenites (viz. olivine websterite,
websterite, plagioclase websterite) and hornblendite are the two important members of the ultramafic rocks containing clinopyroxene,
orthopyroxene, olivine, plagioclase, amphibole, phlogopite and ilmenite. The mafic-ultramafic rocks show evidence of shearing
and retrogressive metamorphism. Linear correlation of chemical attributes suggests fractionation-controlled magmatic differentiation.
Enrichment of LILE and LREE in the mafic-ultramafic suite suggests an enriched mantle source and pronounced negative Eu-anomalies
in all the rock types except hornblendite suggest fractionation of plagioclase under low fO2 condition. Progressive iron enrichment trend in rocks of the mafic-ultramafic suite also indicate magmatic differentiation
under low fO2 condition. Early fractionation and accumulation of clinopyroxene and plagioclase from a basaltic magma may have given rise
to the ultramafic rocks of the area. Little change in the Nb/Zr and Ce/Zr ratios of ultramafic and mafic rocks (except alkali
norite) strongly support low crustal contamination. A few samples of norite and gabbro-norites appeared to be variably contaminated
by a crustal component or affected by late granitic intrusion resulting in enrichment of alkali in the former. |
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Keywords: | Ultramafic and mafic suite Eu anomaly Assimilation Fractional crystallization North Puruliya shear zone West Bengal |
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