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Crustal geodynamics from the Archaean Bundelkhand Craton, India: constraints from zircon U–Pb–Hf isotope studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2015

L. SAHA ,
D. FREI ,
A. GERDES ,
J. K. PATI ,
S. SARKAR ,
V. PATOLE ,
A. BHANDARI  and
P. NASIPURI
L. SAHA*
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
D. FREI
Affiliation:
Central Analytical Facility, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
A. GERDES
Affiliation:
Institute of Geosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Altenhöferallee 1, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
J. K. PATI
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Allahabad, India
S. SARKAR
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India
V. PATOLE
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Bhopal, India
A. BHANDARI
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India
P. NASIPURI
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Bhopal, India
*
†Author for correspondence: [email protected]
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Abstract

A comprehensive study based on U–Pb and Hf isotope analyses of zircons from gneisses has been conducted along the western part (Babina area) of the E–W-trending Bundelkhand Tectonic Zone in the central part of the Archaean Bundelkhand Craton. 207Pb–206Pb zircon ages and Hf isotopic data indicate the existence of a felsic crust at ~ 3.59 Ga, followed by a second tectonothermal event at ~ 3.44 Ga, leading to calc-alkaline magmatism and subsequent crustal growth. The study hence suggests that crust formation in the Bundelkhand Craton occurred in a similar time-frame to that recorded from the Singhbhum and Bastar cratons of the North Indian Shield.

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Bundelkhand CratonBundelkhand Tectonic ZoneArchaeantonalite–trondhjemite–granodiorite gneiss (TTG)U–Pb zircon ages
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Geological Magazine , Volume 153 , Issue 1 , January 2016 , pp. 179 - 192
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