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EPMA Monazite Geochronology of the Granulites from Daltonganj, Eastern India and Its Correlation with the Rodinia Supercontinent J. Earth Syst. Sci. (2019) 128 234 Ó Indian Academy of Sciences https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-019-1254-y (0123456789().,-volV)(0123456789().,-volV) EPMA monazite geochronology of the granulites from Daltonganj, eastern India and its correlation with the Rodinia supercontinent RAVI RANJAN KUMAR* and S B DWIVEDI Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi 221 005, India. *Corresponding author. e-mail: [email protected] MS received 20 June 2018; revised 26 May 2019; accepted 18 June 2019 We report the monazite dates of the granulites from Daltonganj (Palamau), Chhotanagpur granite–gneiss complex (CGGC) which covers the significant part of the granulite blocks in central India by using an electron micro probe analyser dating. The monazite grain varies between 70 and 80 lm and shows the distribution of U, Th and Pb in all monazite grains of both samples. Two different dates were obtained from different monazite grains; the first age suggests that the granulite from CGGC preserves the first remnant of the protolith of the Mesoproterozoic era at *1424 Ma and second one at *972 Ma which provides evidence of metamorphism of the protolith. The CGGC rocks preserve four regional meta- morphic events, namely M1,M2,M3 and M4. But in this work, two different ages from the Daltonganj granulites were obtained which are similar to the M2 (\1500 Ma, i.e., the age of protolith of the granulitic gneiss) and M3 (1200–930 Ma) metamorphic events as reported in the CGGC. The M3 metamorphism attained its average P–T condition at *7.35 kbar/792°C, and it represents the prograde metamorphic event. The M3 metamorphic event supported the Grenville-orogeny, and it was responsible for the metamorphism of the magmatic protolith of granulitic gneiss from the CGGC at the time of amalgamation of the Rodinia supercontinent. The Rodinia assembly had occurred through the global Grenville-orogenic events between 1100 and 900 Ma, with continental blocks which exist at that time. Keywords. Monazite dating; CGGC; P–T condition; Rodinia assembly. 1. Introduction Monazite mineral is a phosphate of light weight rare-earth element [(LREE) PO4], with abundant Electron micro probe analyser (EPMA) monazite U, Th and little Pb (Parrish 1990). The rapid dating has been extensively used for metamorphic accumulation of radiogenic lead (*Pb), to a and igneous rocks from the last few decades required level, is possible, which can be analysed (Suzuki and Adachi 1991, 1994; Montel et al. with an electron probe (Montel et al. 1996). Mon- 1994, 1996; Cocherie et al. 1997). An electron azite dating with the help of an electron micro- microprobe of thorium (Th)–uranium (U)–lead probe has been performed by several researchers (Pb) monazite dating principal was applied to based on the abundance of Th, U and Pb (Suzuki obtain the age of granulite rocks from Daltonganj. and Adachi 1991, 1994; Montel et al. 1996; Braun Supplementary materials pertaining to this article are available on the Journal of Earth Science Website (http://www.ias.ac.in/ Journals/Journal˙of˙Earth˙System˙Science). 234 Page 2 of 22 J. Earth Syst. Sci. (2019) 128 234 et al. 1998; Williams et al. 1999). The EPMA- properties (Chatterjee et al. 2008;Majiet al. 2008; monazite dating technique is a reliable technique to Sanyal and Sengupta 2012). This study deals with identify the recorded history of polymetamorphic the electron microprobe monazite dating of the events (Rosa-Costa et al. 2008; Karmakar et al. garnet–hypersthene–gedrite–cordierite gneiss and 2011; Prabhakar 2013; Bhowmik et al. 2014). Pet- the garnet–gedrite–cordierite–biotite gneiss from rogenetic considerations and the textural relations Daltonganj (Palamau) in the CGGC. We have of mineral phases in the granulite of the documented the evidence of the tectono-meta- Chhotanagpur granite–gneiss complex (CGGC) morphic event from the north-western part of suggest that M1 (1700–1600 Ma) and M4 (1000–900 CGGC with the help of petrological, geothermo- Ma) are the prograde metamorphic events, which barometry and EPMA-monazite dating tech- are separated by M2 and M3 (1100–1400 Ma) ret- niques. We have also striven to unravel the rograde metamorphic events (Maji et al. 2008), and geodynamic implications of metamorphism in the they are of younger age (830–600 Ma), the cause of granulite facies rocks of CGGC and their corre- which remains unexplored. Furthermore, Sanyal lation to global-scale Grenvillian orogenesis and Sengupta (2012) documented the four meta- suturing in the peninsular part of India with the morphic stages (M1–M4), where the M1 metamor- Rodinia assembly. phic stage occurred around 1870 Ma and successively followed by the M2 metamorphic phase between 1660 and 1270 Ma, the M3 phase 2. Geological background was recorded between 1200 and 930 Ma, followed ° 0 00– by an M4 event at 870–780 Ma. The detail of the The area under investigation (latitude 23 54 50 four metamorphic stages along with their age and 23°5803000N; longitude 84°20–84°0603000E) belongs to technique of dating by various authors in CGGC is the western part of CGGC. It covers a vast area of given in table 1. about 100,000 km2 and extends in the east–west Chatterjee et al. (2010) correlated the Precam- from the provinces of Jharkhand, Orissa, brian eastern Indian terrain with the Sausar Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and West Ben- mobile belt in central India and the Shil- gal and the south-eastern part of Uttar Pradesh. long–Meghalaya granulite belt from the north- The CGGC includes multiple generations of eastern part of India which can be used as an mafic intrusives, namely meta-dolerite and essentialtoolfortheIndia–Australia–Antarctica norites to gabbros in which the corona texture is correlation. The breakdown of the Columbia often demarcated at several places, especially in supercontinent was initiated during the Meso- Purulia, Dumka and Daltonganj. This gneissic proterozoic era which leads to the reconstruction complex shows composite character consisting of the Rodinia supercontinent between 1200 and mainly of granitoid gneisses, migmatites and 900 Ma (Dalziel 1991; Hoffman 1991;Moores massive granites with enclaves of metasedimen- 1991;Liet al. 2008;Bhowmiket al. 2010). Greater tary and meta-igneous rocks and intrusive basic India is shown to have been in contact with the and intermediate rocks (Ghose 1983, 1992; Antarctica–Australia Peri–Rodinian margin (Li Chatterjee and Ghose 2011; Sanyal and Sen- et al. 2008) supported by the petrological and gupta 2012; Yadav et al. 2016; Dwivedi et al. geochronological setting of the Eastern Ghats 2019 and references therein). The medium- to mobile belt (EGMB) of India and the Rayner high-grade metamorphic terrain of CGGC province of Antarctica (Dalziel 1991;Yoshida mainly contains amphibolite to granulite facies et al. 1992;Shawet al. 1997;MezgerandCosca rocks, which is sandwiched between the med- 1999; Dasgupta and Sengupta 2003). 1000–900 Ma ium- to low-grade mobile belts. Here, the first age was preserved in older high-pressure meta- one is located in the southern margin of CGGC morphic rocks of CGGC which is assumed to be and known as the North Singhbhum mobile belt, the extension of central Indian tectonic zone and it consists of the volcanic intrusive as well (CITZ), and act as a suture zone when the SIB, as sedimentary sequences (Saha 1994). The NIB and MC were joined together during the other mobile belt is located on the northern Stenian–Tonian orogenesis (Bhowmik et al. 2010). margin, and it extends from the north-western Polymetamorphic events were preserved in the part of CGGC, which is called the Mahakoshal SIB, CITZ and CGGC with similarity with mobile belt. It preserves the metasediments, respect to petrological and geochronological granitoids and mafic–ultramafic rocks (Roy and J. Earth Syst. Sci. (2019) 128 234 Page 3 of 22 234 Devarajan 2000). The CGGC has a broad his- a current of 200 nA with a LaB6 source in the tory of two high-grade metamorphic events electron gun for electron beam generation, which during the Mesoproterozoic and Grenvillian is based on a new analytical protocol for the ages, and both these events recorded in the U–Th–Pb chemical dating of monazite (Pandey entire metamorphosed rock lie within CGGC et al. 2019). Andradite is used as a natural sili- (Pandey et al. 1986a, b; Ray Barman and cate mineral to verify crystal positions by using Bishui 1994;Chatterjeeet al. 2008;Majiet al. an internal standard (SP2-LiF, SP3-LPET, SP4- 2008;SanyalandSengupta2012;Mukherjee LTAP and SP5-PET) with suitable wavelength et al. 2017). The north-western part of CGGC dispersive spectrometers (SP#) using the (Daltonganj) consists of granulite facies rocks, CAMECA SX-Five instrument. The following charnockite and migmatitic–tonalite–granodior- X-ray lines were used in the analyses: F–Ka, ite–granite gneisses (Rode 1948;Dwivediet al. Na–Ka,Mg–Ka,Al–Ka,Si–Ka,P–Ka,Cl–Ka, 2019). The porphyritic granitic magmatism K–Ka,Ca–Ka,Ti–Ka,Cr–Ka,Mn–Ka,Fe–Ka, (*1660 ± 17 Ma) was reported from the Ni–Ka and Ba–La. Natural mineral standards: western as well as the northern part of CGGC fluorite, halite, periclase, corundum, wollastonite, (Chatterjee and Ghose 2011;Saikiaet al. 2017). apatite, orthoclase, rutile, chromite, rhodonite, The NE part of the CGGC is dominated by hematite and barite; Ni pure metal standard was charnockitic gneisses as country rocks, and supplied by CAMECA-AMETEK which was used it was metamorphosed to amphibole–biotite for routine calibration and quantification. Quan- gneiss. The 1447 ± 11 Ma age was obtained by tification of rare-earth element (REE) analysis in U–Pb zircon dating from the protolith of the monazite mineral phases and U, Th and Y ele- charnockitic gneisses and further high-grade mental X-ray mapping of monazite grains were metamorphism was recorded at 943 Ma from obtained at an accelerating voltage of 20 kV, and the migmatitic charnockitic gneiss under pressure– currents of a beam are 200 nA, at 0.5 lm/pixel temperature (P–T)condition*9kbarand spatial resolution.
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