Petrogenesis and source characteristics of metatholeiites from the Archean Ramagiri schist belt, eastern part of Dharwar craton, India |
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Authors: | John K Zachariah V Rajamani Gilbert N Hanson |
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Institution: | (1) School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110 067, India, IN;(2) Earth and Space Sciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2100, USA, US |
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Abstract: | The N–S trending, 2–4 km wide Ramagiri schist belt is made up of three blocks dominated by metavolcanic rocks, separated
and surrounded by granitic rocks of distinct characteristics. The metavolcanic rocks are tholeiitic in composition and are
very similar in their major element composition as well as in their abundances of some trace elements. However, the rare earth
elements (REE) require distinct sources. The rocks of the amphibolite facies eastern block have LREE depleted REE patterns
(Ce/Yb] = 0.7–0.9), requiring derivation from depleted mantle-like sources. The greenschist facies metatholeiitic rocks of
the central block have LREE enriched REE patterns (Ce/Yb] = 3–6), reflecting the nature of their source(s). The Nd isotopic
data require that the LREE enriched nature could not have been attained significantly prior to its melting. The fine-grained,
upper greenschist facies metatholeiites of the western block have flat to slightly LREE depleted patterns (Ce/Yb] = 0.8–0.95).
Minor fractional crystallization of rock forming minerals may relate a few samples to each other among samples from each of
the three blocks. Different extents of partial melting of distinct mantle sources have played a dominant role in the generation
of the parent magmas to the central versus eastern and western block metatholeiites.
The geochemical data suggest that the mantle sources were non-lherzolitic, and that these sources may have seen previous episodes
of melt addition and extraction prior to melting that gave rise to the parent melts to the rocks ∼2750 Ma ago. The REE data
indicate that while the sources of the eastern and western block rocks were similar to depleted mantle (ɛNd(
i
) about +2), the source of the central block rocks (ɛNd(
i
) about +3.5) were enriched in large ion lithophile element (LILE)-rich fluids/melts probably derived from subducting oceanic
crust. This and other trace element signatures point to magma extraction in tectonic settings similar to modern island arcs.
Subsequent to magma emplacement and crystallization, all the three suites of rocks were affected by interaction with low-temperature,
crustal derived fluids (ɛNd 2750Ma of about −8 to −12), probably during the accretion of the three blocks of the belt in the present form. The inferred source
characteristics, tectonic setting of magma generation and the crustal fluid processes seem to suggest that Phanerozoic-style
tectonic processes may have been important in the generation of Archean crust in the Dharwar craton.
Received: 31 July 1995 / Accepted: 12 May 1997 |
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