Coupled Assimilation and Fractional Crystallization (AFC) and Mantle Plume Source(s) Contribution in the Generation of Paleoproterozoic Mafic Dykes of the Eastern Dharwar Craton, Southern India
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Mantle Petrology Laboratory, Department of Geology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi – 221 005
Ashutosh Pandey -
Mantle Petrology Laboratory, Department of Geology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi – 221 005
N.V. Chalapathi Rao
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The eastern Dharwar craton (EDC) of the southern Indian Shield hosts five geochronologically distinct Paleoproterozoic mafic dyke swarms emplaced at 2.37, 2.21, 2.18, 2.08 and 1.89 Ga. Trace element geochemical data available for these dykes display the ‘arc signals' viz., negative Nb-Ta anomalies and elevated Zr/Nb, Th/Yb and Th/Ta values, which are conventionally interpreted to represent involvement of subduction in their genesis. It is shown that these ‘arc signals' resulted from coupled assimilation and fractional crystallization (AFC) processes that modified these mantle-derived melts. Since, mafic dykes under study are highly evolved, an attempt has been made to estimate (using PRIMELTS2.xls software) the composition of the primary magma from the most primitive sample available from the 2.21 and 2.37 Ga swarms. The mantle potential temperature derived from the estimated primary magma compositions revealed anomalously hot mantle source regions compared to the known ambient upper mantle temperatures during Paleoproterozoic, thus implying the possible involvement of thermal plumes in their genesis.
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