The "Lower Kaimur Porcellanite” (Vindhyan Supergroup) is of Sedimentary Origin and not Tuff
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Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohanpur Campus, Kolkata - 741 246
Adrita Choudhuri -
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405
Juergen Schieber
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Department of Geological Sciences, Jadavpur University, Kolkata - 700 032
Subir Sarkar
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Department of Earth Sciences, Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244-1070
Marion E. Bickford
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Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405
Abhijit Basu
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-020-1382-7Abstract
The ‘Lower Kaimur Porcellanite' from the Proterozoic Vindhyan Supergroup (~1700-900? Ma) is not only a chronostratigraphic marker but also an indicator of the tectonic setting of the basin. A few other silicified shaly units (porcellanites) from the upper strata have been thought to be tuff. New petrographic (optical microscopic; SEM-BSE), chemical, and U-Pb zircon geochronological studies of the lowermost of these suspected tuff units, however, do not support an igneous origin for these beds. The rocks do not contain phenocrysts or glass shards, but contain remains of mineralized microbial spheres, mudclasts, and other detrital grains that include one datable zircon grain (~1715 Ma). Their chemical compositions are not diagnostic of tuff. Despite this result, investigations of other porcellanites from Upper Vindhyan strata is recommended, because they have the potential of identifying crucially important tuff beds.
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