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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Delineating crustal domains in Peninsular India: Age and chemistry of orthopyroxene-bearing felsic gneisses in the Madurai Block |
Author: | Plavsa, D. Collins, A. Foden, J. Kropinski, L. Santosh, M. Chetty, T. Clark, C. |
Citation: | Precambrian Research, 2012; 198:77-93 |
Publisher: | Elsevier Science BV |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
ISSN: | 0301-9268 1872-7433 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Diana Plavsa, Alan S. Collins, John F. Foden, Louise Kropinski, M. Santosh, T.R.K. Chetty, Chris Clark |
Abstract: | The Madurai Block of southern India is rich in granitic orthogneiss, much of which is orthopyroxene-bearing (charnockite). This study has identified that orthogneiss from the northwest of the Madurai Block (broadly defined as north and west of the Karur-Kambam-Painavu-Trichur lineament) has a very different origin from that in the south-eastern Madurai Block. To the north and north-west of the Madurai Block, charnockites record Neoarchaean (∼2.7-2.5Ga) crystallization ages with metamorphic overprinting at ∼535Ma. Their Archaean Nd depleted mantle model ages (2.51-3.01Ga), high e{open}Nd (T) values (between -3.28 and +4.55) and low to moderate initial 87Sr/ 86Sr ratios (0.7017-0.7106) indicate a primarily mantle-derived origin with variable involvement of Archaean crustal material. The south-east Madurai Block samples have much younger crystallization ages of 1007±23Ma and 784±18Ma and a range of Nd depleted mantle model ages between 1.38 and 1.69Ga, suggesting a significantly different isotopic evolution of this terrane. The isotopic signature of these charnockites (e{open}Nd (T)=+2.58 to -3.28, initial 87Sr/ 86Sr=0.7054-0.7084) suggests the involvement of a mantle source with variable input from the contemporary crust. All samples show subsequent zircon growth, or isotopic disturbance, due to Ediacaran-Cambrian metamorphism (∼535Ma). The sharply contrasting primary igneous U-Pb ages of orthogneisses identify two distinct terranes; an Archaean basement terrane to the north and west and a Proterozoic terrane dominated by metasedimentary rocks to the south and east of the Madurai Block. The isotopic boundary between the two is here defined as a broad zone south of the Karur-Kambam-Painavu-Trichur (KKPT) lineament and appears as a southerly dipping series of seismic reflectors. A correlation is made with central Madagascar where Proterozoic metsedimentary rocks are thrust over Neoarchaean orthogneisses of the Antananarivo Block. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. |
Keywords: | Madurai Block Sm–Nd isotopes U–Pb zircon dating Charnockite Gondwana India |
Rights: | Copyright © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.12.013 |
Grant ID: | ARC |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2011.12.013 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Geology & Geophysics publications |
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