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Neoproterozoic Mafic Magmatism in Nagercoil Block, Southern India and Its Implications on the Gondwana Collisional Orogeny
by S. Sajna, J. K. Tomson, J. Amal Dev, Nilanjana Sorcar and T. Vijaya Kumar
Minerals 2022, 12(12), 1509; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12121509 - 26 Nov 2022
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The Nagercoil block situated at the southernmost tip of India occupies a key position in the East Gondwana collisional tectonic models. The Nagercoil block is dominated by Orosirian I-type charnockite massifs that host numerous gabbroic emplacements. Our present understanding about the crustal architecture [...] Read more.
The Nagercoil block situated at the southernmost tip of India occupies a key position in the East Gondwana collisional tectonic models. The Nagercoil block is dominated by Orosirian I-type charnockite massifs that host numerous gabbroic emplacements. Our present understanding about the crustal architecture of the Nagercoil block is derived mostly from these charnockites, while detailed studies on gabbros are lacking. We present new petrology, geochemistry, and zircon U-Pb/Hf isotopic data of gabbros from the Nagercoil block to understand their petrogenesis and tectonic significance. The results reveal that these are formed by the partial melting of a subduction-modified lithospheric mantle source in a continental arc setting. Zircon U-Pb geochronology results reveal that the gabbros were emplaced between 561 and 531 Ma. Hafnium isotopic studies on zircons argue for a mid-Mesoproterozoic melting source with near-juvenile magmatic signatures. The Hf-TDM ages together with the available data from the terrane point to the involvement of the adjacent Achankovil unit as a possible melting source contributor. The genetic link between the Achankovil unit and Sri Lanka together with the remarkable similarity in ages and isotopic characteristics of mafic rocks from both these terranes point to their coeval formation during the East African Orogeny associated with the final stages of the Gondwana supercontinent assembly. Full article
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