Archean Granitoids of India: Windows into Early Earth Tectonics
Granitoids form the bulk of the Archean continental crust and preserve key information on early Earth evolution. India hosts five main Archean cratonic blocks (Aravalli, Bundelkhand, Singhbhum, Bastar and Dharwar). This book summarizes the available information on Archean granitoids of Indian cratons. The chapters cover a broad spectrum of themes related to granitoid typology, emplacement mechanism, petrogenesis, phase-equilibria modelling, temporal distribution, tectonic setting, and their roles in fluid evolution, metal delivery and mineralizations. The book presents a broader picture incorporating regional- to cratons-scale comparisons, implications for Archean geodynamic processes, and temporal changes thereof. This synthesis work, integrating modern concepts on granite petrology and crustal evolution, offers an irreplaceable body of reference information for any geologist interested in Archean Indian granitoids.
Mineral–fluid interactions in the late Archean Closepet granite batholith, Dharwar Craton, southern India
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Published:December 14, 2020
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E. Słaby, K. Gros, H.-J. Förster, A. Wudarska, Ł. Birski, M. Hamada, J. Götze, H. Martin, M. Jayananda, J.-F. Moyen, I. Moszumańska, 2020. "Mineral–fluid interactions in the late Archean Closepet granite batholith, Dharwar Craton, southern India", Archean Granitoids of India: Windows into Early Earth Tectonics, S. Dey, J.-F. Moyen
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Abstract
The chemical composition of different rocks as well as volatile-bearing and volatile-free minerals has been used to assess the presence of fluids in the Closepet batholith and to estimate the intensity of the fluid–rock interactions. The data were processed using polytopic vector analysis (PVA). Additional data include measurements of water content in the structure of volatile-free minerals and an examination of growth textures. The composition of mineral domains indicated formation/transformation processes with common fluid–mineral interactions. In general, the results suggested that the processes occurred in a ternary system. Two end-members were likely magmas and the third was enriched in fluids. In contrast, analysis of the apatite domains indicated that they likely formed/transformed in a more complex, four-component system. This system was fluid-rich and included hybrid magma with a large mafic component. PVA implies that the fluids do not appear to come from one source, given their close affinity and partial association with mantle-derived fluids. A dynamic tectonic setting promoting heat influx and redistribution, and interaction of fluids suggests that the formation/transformation processes of minerals and rocks occurred in a hot-spot like environment.
- apatite
- Archean
- Asia
- batholiths
- carbon dioxide
- cathodoluminescence
- chemical composition
- chlorine
- Closepet Granite
- Dharwar Craton
- electron probe data
- feldspar group
- fluid phase
- fluorine
- framework silicates
- FTIR spectra
- granites
- halogens
- hot spots
- igneous rocks
- India
- Indian Peninsula
- infrared spectra
- intrusions
- Karnataka India
- magmas
- mantle
- Neoarchean
- phosphates
- plutonic rocks
- Precambrian
- silicates
- spectra
- volatiles
- water
- water-rock interaction
- whole rock