Petrology and geochemistry of the Salma dike, Raniganj coalfield (Lower Gondwana), eastern India: linkage with Rajmahal or Deccan volcanic activity?

Paul, D. K.

doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2004.09.007

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“…The younger Late Cretaceous magmatic event (70-65 Ma; Kent et al, 2002; present work) of eastern and northeastern India was likely connected to the Réunion plume and the associated Deccan large igneous province of western India (Kent et al, 2002;Paul, 2005;Srivastava et al, 2014). While it is well established that the bulk (>90%) of Deccan volcanism occurred at 65 (±1) Ma, close to the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary (Duncan and Pyle, 1988;Baksi, 1994;Allègre et al, 1999;Hofmann et al, 2000;Chenet et al, 2007;Schoene et al, 2015Schoene et al, , 2019Sprain et al, 2019), more limited Deccan volcanism occurred before and after the main event between 69 and 62 Ma (Widdowson et al, 2000;Pande, 2002;Hooper et al, 2010;.…”

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“…Several ENE-to E-and NNW-to NW-trending Mesoproterozoic mafic dikes intrude the basement gneisses of the CGC (Kumar and Ahmad, 2007;. Cretaceous mafic dikes intrude the Damodar Valley sedimentary basins, as well as Precambrian basement rocks, and trend either NNW to NW or NNE to ENE (Kent et al, 2002;Paul, 2005;Srivastava et al, 2014). The two Cretaceous dike sets have distinct geochemical characteristics (Srivastava et al, 2014).…”

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“…The Indian Shield has experienced a number of intraplate mafic magmatic events with ages ranging from Archean to Cretaceous (Kent et al, 1997(Kent et al, , 1998(Kent et al, , 2002Sinha, 2004a, 2004b;Paul, 2005;Srivastava et al, 2008aSrivastava et al, , 2008bSrivastava et al, , 2014Ahmad, 2008, 2009;Srivastava, 2011;Samal et al, 2019; and references therein). Although four plume heads (Crozet, Kerguelen, Marion, and Réunion) are thought to have passed under the Indian Shield during the Cretaceous, the major episodes of mafic magmatism observed during this period in the Indian Shield are associated with either the 70-65 Ma Réunion (cf.…”

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Nature of Cretaceous dolerite dikes with two distinct trends in the Damodar Valley, eastern India: Constraints on their linkage to mantle plumes and large igneous provinces from 40Ar/39Ar geochronology and geochemistry

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Two distinct sets of Cretaceous dolerite dikes intrude the Chhotanagpur gneissic complex of eastern India, mostly within the Damodar Valley Gondwanan sedimentary basins. One dike set trends NNE to ENE, whereas the other set, which includes the prominent Salma dike, trends NW to NNW. One dike from each set in the Raniganj Basin was dated using the 40Ar/39Ar method in order to resolve a controversy concerning the emplacement age of the Salma dike. The NE-trending dike yielded a plateau age of 70.5 ± 0.9 Ma, whereas the NNW-trending Salma dike is much older, with a plateau age of 116.0 ± 1.4 Ma. These results demonstrate that the Salma dike was emplaced at ca. 116 Ma and not at ca. 65 Ma, as suggested in an earlier study. Geochemical characteristics of the two dikes are also distinct and indicate that they belong to previously identified high-Ti and low-Ti dolerite groups, respectively. The observed geochemical characteristics of both dike sets are comparable with the geochemistry of basalts of the Kerguelen Plateau, Bunbury Island, and Rajmahal Group I and suggest a connection to mantle plumes. The new age data presented herein indicate that these two magmatic episodes in the eastern Indian Shield were related to the ca. 120–100 Ma Kerguelen mantle plume and its associated Greater Kerguelen large igneous province and the ca. 70–65 Ma Réunion plume and its associated Deccan large igneous province, respectively.

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Nature of Cretaceous dolerite dikes with two distinct trends in the Damodar Valley, eastern India: Constraints on their linkage to mantle plumes and large igneous provinces from 40Ar/39Ar geochronology and geochemistry

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“…However, contents of major oxides, except alkalies, and trace elements including REEs of mafic dykes of Almora differ markedly as compared to those observed for Precambrian mafic dykes and flows of Garhwal and Himachal Himalaya (Ahmad et al, 1999) and mafic dykes of Rajmahal and Salma (Paul, 2005), which at least point to an independent origin for mafic dykes of Almora-Nainital regions unrelated to other mafic magmatism of Indian cratons. Enriched LILE, LREE and observed elemental variations strongly suggest that the mafic dyke magma was generated by partial melting of an enriched mantle source, which subsequently experienced fractional crystallization of plagioclase, olivine and clinopyroxene, further supported by the observed positive correlation between Mg# and Cr content of mafic dyke samples (Fig.12).…”

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Petrology and geochemistry of the mafic dyke rocks from precambrian almora crystallines of Kumaun Lesser Himalaya

Singh

Kumar

2010

J Geol Soc India

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Mafic dykes of Almora region intrude the Precambrian crystalline rocks of Kumaun Lesser Himalaya. Mafic dykes exhibit fine grained margin and medium to coarse grained core, melanocratic, low to highly ferromagnetic (MS=0.85-38.58×10 -3 SI) in nature commonly showing subophitic to ophitic textures with ol-pl-cpx-hbl-bt-mt-ap-sp assemblage, and modally correspond to leucogabbro and olivinegabbro (sensu stricto). Olivine (Fo 61 -Fo 33 ), clinopyroxene (Wo 46 -En 42 -Fs 22 to Wo 40 -En 36 -Fs 15 ) and plagioclase (An 58 -An 12 ) have crystallized in the temperature range of ca1400-980 o C at pressure <2 kbar in an olivine tholeiitic basalt parent. Low acmite (Na pfu =0.033-0.025), (Mg # =0.64-0.82), Ti-Al contents of clinopyroxenes and their evolution along enstatite-ferrosilite join (i.e. MgFe substitution) strongly suggest tholeiitic nature of mafic dyke melt with changing activities of alumina and silica. Clinopyroxene compositions of mafic dykes differ markedly as compared to those observed for adjoining Bhimtal volcanics but closely resemble to that crystallized in tholeiitic melts of Deccan province. Observed Cr vs Mg # variation, enriched LILE (Sr, Ba)-LREE and positive Eu-anomaly of the studied mafic dykes are indicative of fractional crystallization of olivine-clinopyroxene -plagioclase from a crustally-contaminated tholeiitic basalt magma derived from enriched mantle source. The mafic dykes of Almora are geochemically identical to mafic dykes of Nainital, but are unrelated to Precambrian mafic volcanic flow and dykes of NW Himalaya and dykes of Salma and Rajmahal regions.

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“…(1995, 1996), Mak ‐ Makishima and Nakamura (2001), Y ‐ Yokose et al. (2005), P ‐ Paul (2005), NIST ‐ NIST certificate, CANMET ‐ Canmet certificate; RSD of our and referenced data are quoted as 1 s , RSD data of certified materials are 95% confidence level.…”

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Determination of Total Sulfur in Fifteen Geological Materials Using Inductively Coupled Plasma‐Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP‐OES) and Combustion/Infrared Spectrometry

Ackerman

Rohovec

Šebek

2012

Geostandard Geoanalytic Res

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A method for the determination of total sulfur in geological materials by inductively coupled plasma‐optical emission spectrometry (ICP‐OES) is described. We show that good results were obtained using this method even for sample types with very low (< 20 μg g−1) sulfur concentration (e.g., peridotite). Sulfur was determined in fifteen geological reference materials with different sulfur contents. For reference materials with certified sulfur contents, the ICP‐OES method gave results in excellent agreement with certified values, and uncertainties better than 4% RSD. ICP‐OES results for sulfur in other reference materials yielded RSDs better than 10%, where S concentrations were > 100 μg g−1 (except for diabase W‐2a, 16% RSD). Reference materials with lower sulfur contents (< 40 μg g−1) showed much higher RSDs (17–18%). Except for RMs with certified values for sulfur, most data obtained by the combustion infrared detection method generally showed higher concentrations than those measured by ICP‐OES and a better RSD (≤ 8% for all materials except DTS‐2b).

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Petrology and geochemistry of the Salma dike, Raniganj coalfield (Lower Gondwana), eastern India: linkage with Rajmahal or Deccan volcanic activity?

Cited by 30 publications

References 35 publications

Nature of Cretaceous dolerite dikes with two distinct trends in the Damodar Valley, eastern India: Constraints on their linkage to mantle plumes and large igneous provinces from 40Ar/39Ar geochronology and geochemistry

Nature of Cretaceous dolerite dikes with two distinct trends in the Damodar Valley, eastern India: Constraints on their linkage to mantle plumes and large igneous provinces from 40Ar/39Ar geochronology and geochemistry

Petrology and geochemistry of the mafic dyke rocks from precambrian almora crystallines of Kumaun Lesser Himalaya

Determination of Total Sulfur in Fifteen Geological Materials Using Inductively Coupled Plasma‐Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP‐OES) and Combustion/Infrared Spectrometry

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