Delineating crustal domains in Peninsular India: Age and chemistry of orthopyroxene-bearing felsic gneisses in the Madurai Block
Delineating crustal domains in Peninsular India: Age and chemistry of orthopyroxene-bearing felsic gneisses in the Madurai Block
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10.1016/j.precamres.2011.12.013
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发表时间:
2012-03-01
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3.8
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Clark, Chris
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Plavsa, Diana;Collins, Alan S.;Clark, Chris
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 (similar to 2.7-2.5Ga) crystallization ages with metamorphic overprinting at similar to 535 Ma. Their Archaean Nd depleted mantle model ages (2.51-3.01 Ga), high epsilon Nd-(T) values (between -3.28 and +4.55) and low to moderate initial Sr-87/Sr-86 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 +/- 23 Ma and 784 +/- 18 Ma and a range of Nd depleted mantle model ages between 1.38 and 1.69 Ga, suggesting a significantly different isotopic evolution of this terrane. The isotopic signature of these charnockites (epsilon Nd-(T) = +2.58 to -3.28, initial Sr-87/Sr-86 = 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 (similar to 535 Ma).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. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.