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U–Pb and Hf isotope study of detrital zircon and Cr-spinel in the Banavara quartzite and implications for the evolution of the Dharwar Craton, south India

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Bidyananda Maibam Open the ORCID record for Bidyananda Maibam [Opens in a new window] ,
Davide Lenaz ,
Stephen Foley ,
Jasper Berndt ,
Elena Belousova ,
Monica Wangjam ,
Jitendra N. Goswami  and
Argyrios Kapsiotis
Bidyananda Maibam*
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, Manipur University, Canchipur, Imphal-795003, India ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Macquarie University, SydneyNSW2109, Australia
Davide Lenaz
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Geosciences, University of Trieste, 34128Trieste, Italy
Stephen Foley
Affiliation:
ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Macquarie University, SydneyNSW2109, Australia
Jasper Berndt
Affiliation:
Institute of Mineralogy, Universität Münster, D-48149Münster, Germany
Elena Belousova
Affiliation:
ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Macquarie University, SydneyNSW2109, Australia
Monica Wangjam
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, Manipur University, Canchipur, Imphal-795003, India
Jitendra N. Goswami
Affiliation:
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad-380009, India
Argyrios Kapsiotis
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Offshore Oil Exploration and Development of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Resources and Coastal Engineering, School of Marine Science, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou510275, China Ayiou Mina 31, Salamina, Greece (PC: 18900)
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Author for correspondence: Bidyananda Maibam, Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

The Sargur Group has been considered to be the oldest group (>3.0 Ga) in the Archaean sequence of the Dharwar Craton in south India, whereas the rocks of the Dharwar Supergroup are younger (between 3.0 and 2.55 Ga). The supracrustal units of the Sargur Group were deposited during the Archaean period. The Banavara quartzite forms part of the supracrustal Sargur Group and contains significant amounts of chromian spinel (Cr-spinel). Here, U–Pb and Hf isotopes of detrital zircons are integrated with compositional data and X-ray refinement parameters for Cr-spinels to decipher the provenance of the metasediments. Zircons show an age spectrum from 3.15 to 2.50 Ga, and juvenile Hf isotopic compositions (ϵHf = +0.8 to +6.4) with model ages between 3.3 and 3.0 Ga. Major- and trace-element contents of the Cr-spinels do not resemble those in the Sargur ultramafic rocks, but resemble well-characterized Archaean anorthosite-hosted chromites. Cr-spinel trace-element signatures indicate that they have undergone secondary alteration or metamorphism. X-ray refinement parameters for the Cr-spinels also resemble the anorthosite-hosted chromites. We conclude that the detrital minerals were probably derived from gneissic and anorthositic rocks of the Western Dharwar Craton, and that the Sargur Group sequences have experienced a younger (2.5 Ga) metamorphic overprint.

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provenanceX-ray refinementCr-spinelzircongeochronologyDharwar Craton
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Geological Magazine , Volume 158 , Issue 9 , September 2021 , pp. 1671 - 1682
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