GEOCHEMICAL COMPARISON OF QUARTZITES OF THE ARCHAEAN BASEMENT COMPLEXES OF THE ARAVALLI AND BUNDELKHAND BLOCKS OF THE NORTH INDIAN SHIELD: IMPLICATION FOR PROVENANCE COMPOSITION AND CRUSTAL EVOLUTION
Keywords:
Bundelkhand, Aravalli, Metasediments, Geochemistry, ProvinanceAbstract
ABSTRACT
The petrography as well as major, trace including rare earth element (REE) compositions of Archaean quartzite of the Aravalli and Bundelkhand blocks of the North Indian Craton (NIC) of the Indian shield are compared and investigated to assess the influence of sorting and recycling, source area weathering and provenance composition. The inferences drawn are used to determine the composition and evolution of continental crust of NIC during the early part of the earth history. Petrological evidence suggests derivation of detritus of both of the sedimentary sequences from stable part of the craton. Geochemically both quartzites are distinguished as litharenite-arkose. The quartzites are not mature as their SiO2/Al2O3 ratio remains < 10. CIA (chemical index of alteration) and CIW (chemical index of weathering) values and Th/U ratios indicate low to moderate degree of chemical weathering in the source area of studied rocks, which reflect high erosion rate coupled with short distance and rapid sedimentation in a tectonically active basin. Provenance characterization, based on major and trace elements including REE characteristics suggest the derivation of detritus of both of these quartzites from source terrains comprising TTG, (Tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite) and granite with minor mafic rocks in different proportions. Provenance modeling indicates that the quartzites of the Aravalli Craton can be best modeled with a mixture having 50% TTG, 40% granite and 10% mafic rocks. On the other hand the quartzites of the Bundelkhand Craton were derived from a source terrain comprising 80% TTG, 10% granite and 10% mafic rocks. TTG and granite-derived material with smaller amount of mafic-derived debris explains the geochemical characteristics of these quartzites. It is inferred that these sedimentary sequences were probably deposited on the margin of young cratons consisting newly accreted TTG and granite bodies. Comparatively higher amount of TTG and lesser amount of granites in the source terrain of Bundelkhand Craton samples indicates more primitive nature of continental crust in the Bundelkhand Craton in comparison to the Aravalli Craton which had comparatively more evolved crust at the time of sedimentation during the Archaean.
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Raza, A. and Mondal, M.E.A., (2018). Geochemistry of the Archaean metasedimentary rocks of the Bundelkhand Mauranipur-Babina greenstone belt, central India: Implications for provenance characteristics. Jour. Indian Association of Sedimentologists, Vol. 35, No. 1 (2018), pp.57-76
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Raza, M., Bhardwaj, V.R., Dayal, A.M., Rais, S and Khan, A., (2010b). Geochemistry of lower Vindhyan Clastic sedimentary rocks of Northwestern Indian shield: Implications for composition and weathering history of Proterozoic continental crust. Jour. Asian Earth. Sciences, 39, 51-61.
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Raza, A., & Mondal, M. (2020). GEOCHEMICAL COMPARISON OF QUARTZITES OF THE ARCHAEAN BASEMENT COMPLEXES OF THE ARAVALLI AND BUNDELKHAND BLOCKS OF THE NORTH INDIAN SHIELD: IMPLICATION FOR PROVENANCE COMPOSITION AND CRUSTAL EVOLUTION. Journal of The Indian Association of Sedimentologists (peer Reviewed), 37(1), 45–67. Retrieved from http://journal.indiansedimentologists.com/ojs/index.php/1/article/view/108
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