EGU2020-1142, updated on 12 Jun 2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-1142
EGU General Assembly 2020
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Paleoarchean crustal evolution of the Singhbhum Craton, eastern India: Insights from granitoid petrology and zircon U-Pb and Lu-Hf systematics

Aniruddha Mitra1, Sukanta Dey2, Keqing Zong3, Yongsheng Liu3, and Anirban Mitra1
Aniruddha Mitra et al.
  • 1Department of Applied Geology, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, India (ani.mitra09@gmail.com, explored.ani@gmail.com))
  • 2Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata, India (sukanta.dey@iiserkol.ac.in)
  • 3State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China (kqzong@hotmail.com, yshliu@cug.edu.cn)

Singhbhum Craton, eastern India, exposes some of the oldest known composite Paleoarchean granitoids. These granitoids range from sodic TTGs to evolved, potassic granites.  The whole process of their formation, starting from nucleation of a juvenile continent to its evolution and final stabilization is documented. The central part of the craton started nucleating with the formation of 3.45–3.40Ga juvenile (zircon εHft=+0.6 to +7.1) TTGs. These TTGs characterized by slightly depleted HREE and Y, negligible Eu-anomaly (Eu/Eu*=0.90 to 1.00) and moderate Sr/Y (25–64), consistent with derivation from a low-K mafic crust at a pressure near the lower end of the garnet stability field, causing subordinate garnet retention in the residue and negligible role of plagioclase. During 3.32Ga, deeper melting of a juvenile mafic crust (zircon εHft=+1.3 to +5.7) caused emplacement of a second generation of TTG. Deeper melting is suggested by depleted HREE and Y, and high Sr/Y (52–155), implying significant amount of residual garnet retention. Subsequently at 3.28 and 3.25Ga, melting of moderately old to juvenile (zircon εHft=-1.9 to +4.5), mostly TTG sources at variable depths generated potassic, LILE-enriched, high-silica granites. Intrusion of these potassic granites resulted in a stable and buoyant crust that marked the final Cratonization of the Singhbhum Craton. The sequence of events is interpreted in terms of repeated intracrustal melting and granitoid generation in a gradually thickening oceanic plateau with a progressive change in granitoid source from mafic to felsic in composition. Combination of rock assemblage, regional geology, and structural pattern also supports intraplate nature of the magmatism in Singhbhum Craton, which might have been a significant mechanism of crustal growth worldwide during Paleoarchean.

How to cite: Mitra, A., Dey, S., Zong, K., Liu, Y., and Mitra, A.: Paleoarchean crustal evolution of the Singhbhum Craton, eastern India: Insights from granitoid petrology and zircon U-Pb and Lu-Hf systematics, EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4–8 May 2020, EGU2020-1142, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-1142, 2019