Geochemical signatures of Mesoproterozoic siliciclastic rocks of the Kaimur Group of the Vindhyan Supergroup,Central India |
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Authors: | Meenal Mishra Shinjana Sen |
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Institution: | Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India |
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Abstract: | The Upper Kaimur Group of the Vindhyan Supergroup in Central India, primarily consists of three rock types-DhandraulSandstone,
Scarp Sandstone and Bijaigarh Shale. Mineralogically and geochemically, they are quartz arenite, sublitharenite to litharenite
and litharenite to shale in composition, respectively. The A-CN-K ternary plot and CIA and ICV values suggest that the similar
source rocks suffered severe chemical weathering, under a hot-humid climate in an acidic environment with higher P
CO
2, which facilitated high sediment influx in the absence of land plants. Various geochemical discriminants, elemental ratios
like K2O/Na2O, Al2O3/TiO2, SiO2/MgO, La/Sc, Th/Sc, Th/Cr, GdN/YbN and pronounced negative Eu anomalies indicate the rocks to be of post-Archean Proterozoic granitic source, with a minor contribution
of granodioritic input, in a passive margin setting. The sediments of the Upper Kaimur Group were probably deposited in the
interglacial period in between the Paleoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic glacial epochs. |
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Keywords: | Geochemistry siliciclastics Upper Kaimur Group Mesoproterozoic Vindhyan Supergroup Central India |
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