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Petrochemistry of the lavas from proterozoic dalma volcanic belt, Singhbhum, eastern India

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Der Vulkangürtel von Dalma liegt in der präkambrischen Region Singhbhum in Ostindien. Aufgeschlossen ist der Dalma-Gürtel im mittleren Bereich eines geradlinigen Bekkens, das im Süden durch Basement des Archaikums begrenzt wird. Die Laven befinden sich in einer geringmetamorphen Umgebung und weisen eine bimodale Zusammensetzung auf. An der Basis sind Magnesium-reiche und darüber Kalium-arme Basalte entwickelt, die repräsentativ für den Durchschnitt der Laven sind. Die ultrabasischen Laven enthalten niedrige Konzentrationen an immobilen nicht kompatiblen Elementen, deren Verhältnis wahrscheinlich von den Eigenschaften der Lavaquelle gesteuert wird. Der geochemische Charakter der mafischen Dalma-Vulkanite entspricht weitgehend den heutigen Basalten der ozeanischen Rücken (MORB). Dabei dominieren leicht abgereicherte REE-Basalte sowie eisenreiche Basalte. Vergleicht man allerdings Elementverhältnisse wie das von Th/Ta, wird eine Abweichung von dem typischen MORB-Charakter hin zu Inselbögen-Tholeiten deutlich. Berücksichtigt man diese Beobachtungen, scheinen die Dalma-Basalte eine modifizierte MORB-Zusammensetzung zu haben, die in ihrem Chemismus am ehesten den Basalten von Back-Arc-Becken, z. B. in einem Gebiet einer Supra-Subduktionszone, zu entsprechen. Die Bimodalität der ultrabasischen und mafischen Laven erinnert an archaische komatiitische Regionen. Die geochemische Zusammensetzung der Dalma-Laven sowie der geologische Rahmen des Gebietes deuten auf ein randliches Becken hin, das sich während des Proterozoikums entwickelt haben könnte.

Abstract

The Dalma volcanic belt of the Singhbhum Precambrian terrain in eastern India is developed along the median zone of a linear basin flanked by Archaean cratonic basement to the south. The lavas, in a low grade metamorphic environment, preserve a strong compositional bimodality, with highly magnesian picritic volcanics developed at the base and low-K basalt flows above, constituting the bulk of the lava pile. The ultrabasic lavas have low concentrations of immobile incompatible elements, ratios of which are probably controlled by the source character. Dalma mafic flows are closely comparable in geochemical character to modern day mid-oceanic ridge basalts (MORB) with a dominance of light-REE-depleted basalts and ferrobasalts. However, in terms of certain element ratios (Th/Ta), deviation from MORB characteristics toward island arc tholeiites is apparent. In this respect the Dalma basalts appear to have a modified MORB composition and the closest chemical analogy may be basalts from back-arc basins, i. e. a supra-subduction zone environment. The bimodality of ultrabasic and mafic lavas is reminiscent of Archaean komatiitic provinces. The geochemical signature of the Dalma lavas, and the geological framework of the terrain, strongly point to a marginal basin domain developed in this crustal segment during the Proterozoic.

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La ceinture volcanique de Dalma, dans le Précambrien de Singhbhum (Inde Orientale) est située dans la partie médiane d'un bassin linéaire bordé au Sud par un socle cratonique archéen. Les laves se trouvent dans un environnement de faible degré de métamorphisme et présentent une composition nettement bimodale: volcanites picritiques très magnésiennes à la base, surmontées de coulées basaltiques pauvres en K, qui constituent l'essentiel de l'ensemble. Les laves ultrabasiques montrent de faibles concentrations en éléments immobiles incompatibles dont les rapports sont probablement déterminés par le caractère de la source. Les coulées basiques de Dalma sont très comparables, dans leurs propriétés géochimiques, aux basaltes récents des rides océaniques (MORB), avec une dominante de basaltes pauvres en terres rares légères et de ferro-basaltes. Toutefois, les rapport de certains éléments (Th/Ta) font apparaître, par rapport au MORB, une déviation vers les tholéiites d'arcs insulaires. A ce point de vue, les basaltes de Dalma montrent une composition de MORB modifée et une analogie avec les basaltes de bassins d'arrière-arc, c'est-à-dire en situation de supra-subduction. La bimodalité laves ultrabasiques/laves basiques est une réminiscence des provinces komatiitiques archéennes. Le signalement géochimiques des laves de Dalma et leur situation géologique plaident en faveur d'un domaine de bassin marginal développé dans ce segment central au cours du Protérozoïque.

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содержание Вулканический пояс Д альма залегает в доке мбрийском регионе, восточная Ин дия. В среднем участке прямолинейного басс ейна, ограниченного н а юге архейским фундамент ом, имеются обнажения этого пояса. Породы, окружаю щие лавы бимодальног о состава, проявляют сл еды слабого метаморф изма. У основания залегают б огатые магнием, а над н ими бедные кадмием базальты, явл яющиеся типичными дл я обычных лав. Ультраба зические лавы характ еризуются низким содержанием н еподвижных несовмес тимых элементов, соотношен ие которых обусловле но свойствами источник а лав. Геохимический с остав мафических вулканит ов Дальма соотвеству ет сегедняшним базальт ам океанических хреб тов: MORB. При этом доминируют базальты слегка обог ащенные Редкими Землями, а так же железосодержащие базальты. Но, если же ср авнить соотношение элементов, как напр.: то рия/тантала, но ясно вы рисо вывается их отклонен ие от типичного соста ва MORB толеитов островных д уг. Если принять во вни мание это наблюдение, то, каж ется, что базальты Дал ьма обладают модифициро ванным составом MORB, кот орый по своему химизму ско рее всего приближает ся и базальтам тыловых ду говых бассейнов, напр.: в области супрасубдукции. Бимо дальность ультрабаз ических и мафических лав напо минает архейские ком атиитские зоны. Геохимичецкий с остав лав Дальма, как и геологическое обра мление области указы вают на краевой бассейн, кото рый мог образоваться во время протерозоя.

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Bose, M.K., Chakrabarti, M.K. & Saunders, A.D. Petrochemistry of the lavas from proterozoic dalma volcanic belt, Singhbhum, eastern India. Geol Rundsch 78, 633–648 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01776195

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