Geochemistry of lower Vindhyan clastic sedimentary rocks of Northwestern Indian shield: Implications for composition and weathering history of Proterozoic continental crust

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 51-61

  Raza, Mahshar ^a   Dayal, A M ^a   Khan, Abdullah ^a   Bhardwaj, V R ^a   Rais, Sarwar ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Indian shield; Proterozoic; Rajasthan; Vindhyan basin

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; CONTINENTAL CRUST; PETROGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTATION; SHALE; TECTONIC SETTING; TRACE ELEMENT; VINDHYAN SUPERGROUP;

INDIA; INDIAN SHIELD; RAJASTHAN;

EID: 77952552596     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

References (54)

1. Absar N., Raza M., Roy M., Naqvi S.M., Roy A.K. Composition and weathering conditions of palaeoproterozoic upper crust of Bundelkhand Craton, Central India: records from geochemistry of clastic sediments of 1.9 Gwalior Group. Precambrian Research 2009, 168:313-329.
2. Ahmad T., Tarney J. Geochemistry and petrogenesis of late Archaean Aravalli volcanics, basement enclaves and granitoids, Rajasthan. Precambrian Research 1994, 65:1-23.
3. Azmi R.J. The discovery of lower Cambrian small shelly fauna fossils and brachiopods from the lower Vindhyan of Son Valley, Central India. Journal of Geological Society of India 1998, 52:381-389.
4. Bhat M.I., Ghosh S.K. Geochemistry of 2.5 Ga old Rampur pelites, western Himalayas: implications for their provenance and weathering. Precambrian Research 2001, 108:1-16.
5. Bose U., Mathur A.K., Sahoo K.C., Bhattacharya S., Krishan Dutt, Kumar A.V., Sarkar S.S., Choudhary S., Choudhary I. Event stratigraphy and physiochemical characters of B.G.C. and associated supracrustals in the south Mewar plains of Rajasthan. Journal Geological Society of India 1996, 47:325-338.
6. Casshyap S.M., Bhardwaj B.D., Raza M., Singh A., Khan A. Barrier inlet and associated facies of shore zone: an example from Khardeola Formation of lower Vindhyan sequence in Chittaurgarh, Rajasthan. Journal Geological Society of India 2001, 58:97-111.
7. Chakrabarti R., Basu A.R., Chakrabarti A. Trace and Nd-isotope evidence for sediments sources in the mid-Proterozoic Vindhyan basin, Central India. Precambrian Research 2007, 159:260-274.
8. Condie K.C. Chemical composition and evolution of the upper continental crust: contrasting results from surface samples and shales. Chemical Geology 1993, 104:1-37.
9. Crichton J.G., Condie K.C. Trace-elements as source indicators in Cratonic sediments - a case study from the early Proterozoic Libby Creek Group, Southeastern Wyoming. Journal of Geology 1993, 101(3):319-332.
10. Chaudhuri S., Cullers R.L. The distribution of rare earth elements in deeply buried gulf coast sediments. Chemical Geology 1979, 24:327-338.
11. Deb M., Thorpe R.A. Geochronological constraints in the precambrian geology of Rajasthan and their metallogenic implications. Sediment-hosted Lead-zinc Sulphide Deposits 2004, 246-263. Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi. M. Deb, W.D. Goodfellow (Eds.).
12. Deb M., Thorpe R., Krstic D. Hindoli group of rocks in the eastern fringe of the Aravalli-Delhi orogenic belt - Archaean secondary greenstone belt or Proterozoic supracrustals?. Gondwana Research 2002, 5:879-883.
13. Dickinson W.R., Suczek C.A. Plate tectonics and sandstone compositions. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 1979, 63:2164-2182.
14. Erikson P.G., Condie K.C., Tisgaard H., Mueller M.U., Atterman W., Miall A.D., Aspler L.B., Catuneanu O., Chianzelli J.R. Precambrian clastic sedimentation systems. Sedimentary Geology 1998, 120:5-53.
15. Fedo C.M., Nesbitt H.W., Young G.M. Unraveling the effect of potassium metasomatism in sedimentary rocks and paleosols, with implications for weathering conditions and provenance. Geology 1995, 23:921-924.
16. Garrel R.M., Mackenzie F.T. The Evolution of Sedimentary Rocks 1971, W.W. Norton, New York, 397pp.
17. Heron A.M. The geology of central Rajputana. Memoir Geological Society of India 1953, 79:1-389.
18. Hofmann A. The geochemistry of sedimentary rocks from the Fig Tree Group, Barberton greenstone belt: Implications for tectonic, hydrothermal and surface processes during mid-Archaean times. Precambrian Research 2005, 143:23-49.
19. Holland H.D. The Chemistry of the Atmosphere and the Oceans 1978, John Wiley, New York, 389pp.
20. Jahn B.M., Condie K.C. Evolution of Kaapvaal craton as viewed from geochemical and Sm-Nd isotopic analyses of intracratonic pelites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 1994, 59:2239-2258.
21. Jahn B.M., Glikson A.Y., Peucat J.J., Hickman A.H. REE geochemistry and isotopic data of Archaean silisic volcanics and granitoids from the pilbara block, Western Australia: implications for the early crustal evolution. Geochimica et Cosmochimca Acta 1981, 45:1633-1652.
22. Kumar S. Mesoproterozoic megafossil Chuaria-Tawuia association may represent parts of a multicellular plant, Vindhyan Supergroup, central India. Precambrian Research 2001, 106:187-211.
23. McLennan, S.M., 1989. Rare earth elements in sedimentary rocks. Influence of provenance and sedimentary processes. In: Lipin, B.R., MacKay, G.A., (Eds.), Geochemistry and Mineralogy of Rare Earth Elements, Mineralogical Society of America, vol. 21. pp. 169-200.
24. Mclennan S.M., Taylor S.R., Kroner A. Geochemical evolution of Archean shales from South Africa I, the Swaziland and Pogola supergroups. Precambrian Research 1983, 22:93-124.
25. Mclennan S.M., Taylor S.R., McCulloch M.T., Maynard J.B. Geochemical and Nd-Sr isotopic composition of deep sea turbidites: crustal evolution and plate tectonic associations. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 1990, 54:2015-2050.
26. Mclennan, S.M., Hemming, S., Mcdaniel, D.K., Hanson, G.N., 1993. Geochemical approaches to sedimentation, provenance and tectonics. In: Johnson, M.J., Basu, A., (Eds.), Processes controlling the composition of clastic sediments. Geological Society of America, Special Paper 284, pp. 21-40.
27. Nesbitt H.W., Young G.M. Early Proterozoic climates and plate motion inferred from major element chemistry of lutites. Nature 1982, 299:715-717.
28. Nesbitt H.W., Young G.M. Prediction of some weathering trend of plutonic and volcanic rocks based on thermodynamic and kinetic consideration. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 1984, 48:1523-1534.
29. Nesbitt H.W., Fedo C.M., Young G.M. Quartz and feldspar stability, steady and non-steady state weathering and petrogenesis of siliciclastic sands and muds. Journal of Geology 1997, 105:173-191.
30. Osae S., Asiedu D.K., Banoeng-Yakubo B., Koeberl C., Dampare S.B. Provenance and tectonic setting of late Proterozoic Buem sandstones of southeastern Ghana: evidence from geochemistry and detrital modes. Journal of African Earth Sciences 2006, 44:85-96.
31. Payne J.L., Barovich K.M., Hand M. Provenance of metasedimentary rocks in the northern Gawler Craton, Australia: implication for paleoproterozoic reconstructions. Precambrian Research 2006, 148(3-4):275-291.
32. Prasad, B., 1984. Geology, sedimentation and plaeogeography of the Vindhyan Supergroup, S.E Rajasthan, Memoir Geological Survey of India 116, 148pp.
33. Prasad B.R., Rao V.V. Deep seismic reflection study over the Vindhyans of Rajasthan: implications for the geophysical setting of the basin. Journal of Earth System Sciences 2006, 115:135-147.
34. Rasmussen B., Bose P.K., Sarkar S., Banerjee S., Fletcher I.R., McNaughton N.J. 1.6 Ga U-Pb zircon age for the Chorhat sandstone, lower Vindhyan, India: possible implications for the early evolution of animals. Geology 2002, 30:103-106.
35. Ray J.S. Age of Vindhyan Supergroup: a review of recent findings. Journal of Earth System Sciences 2006, 115:149-160.
36. Ray J.S., Martin M.W., Veizer J., Bowring S.A. U-Pb Zircon dating and Sr isotope systematic of the Vindhyan Supergroup, India. Geology 2002, 30:131-134.
37. Ray J.S., Viezer J., Devis W.J. C, O, Sr and Pb isotope systematics of carbonate sequences of the Vindhyan Supergroup, India: age, diagenesis, correlation and implications for global events. Precambrian Research 2003, 121:103-140.
38. Raza M., Casshyap S.M. A tectono-sedimentary model of evolution of middle Proterozoic Vindhyan basin. Memoir Geological Society of India 1996, 36:287-300.
39. Raza M., Casshyap S.M., Khan A. Accretionary lapilli from basal Vindhyan volcanic sequence, south of Chittaurgarh, Rajasthan and their implication. Journal Geological Society of India 2001, 4:643-652.
40. Raza M., Casshyap S.M., Khan A. Geochemistry of Mesoproterozoic lower Vindhyan shales from Chittaurgarh, southeastern Rajasthan and its bearing on source rock composition, palaeoweathering conditions and tectono-sedimentary environments. Journal Geological Society of India 2002, 60:505-578.
41. Raza M., Khan A., Khan M.S. Origin of late Palaeoproterozoic Great Vindhyan basin of North Indian shield: geochemical evidence from mafic volcanic rocks. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 2009, 134:716-730.
42. Raza, M., Bhardwaj, V.R., Ahmad, A.H.M., Mondal, M.E.A., Khan, A., Khan, M.S., in press. Provenance and weathering history of Archaean Naharmagra quartzite of Aravalli craton, NW Indian shield: petrographic and geochemical evidence. Geochemical Journal.
43. Roddaz M., Viers J., Brusset S., Baby P., Boucayrand C., Herail G. Controls on weathering and provenance in the Amazonian foreland basin: insights from major and trace element geochemistry of Neogene Amazonian sediments. Chemical Geology 2006, 226:31-65.
44. Roddaz M., Debat P., Nikiema S. Geochemistry of upper Birimian sediments (major and trace elements and Nd-Sr isotopes) and implications for weathering and tectonic setting of the late Palaeoproterozoic crust. Precambrian Research 2007, 159:197-211.
45. Sarangi S., Copeland K., Kumar S. Pb-Pb age of earliest megascopic Eukaryotic alga bearing Rohtas Formation, Vindhyan Supergroup India: implications for Precambrian atmospheric oxygen evolution. Precambrian Research 2004, 132:107-121.
46. Seilacher A., Bose P.K., Pfluger F. Triploblastic animals more than 1 billion years ago: trace fossil evidence from India. Science 1998, 282:80-83.
47. Sivaraman T.V., Oden A.L. Zircon geochronology of Berach Granite of Chittorgarh, Rajasthan. Journal Geological Society of India 1982, 23:575-577.
48. Sugitani K., Yamashita F., Nagaoka T., Yamamoto K., Minami M., Mimura K., Suzuki K. Geochemistry and sedimentary petrology of Archean clastic sedimentary rocks at Mt. Goldsworthy, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia: evidence for the early evolution of continental crust and hydrothermal alteration. Precambrian Research 2006, 147:124-147.
49. Sun S.S., Mcdonough W.F. Chemical and isotopic systematics of oceanic basalts: implications for mantle composition and processes. Magmatism in the Ocean Basins 1989, vol. 42:313-345. Geological Society of London Special Publication.
50. Tandon S.K., Pant C.C., Casshyap S.M. Sedimentary Basins of India-Tectonic Context 1991, Gyanodaya Prakashan, Nainital.
51. Taylor S.R., McLennan S.M. The Continental Crust: its Composition and Evolution 1985, Blackwell, London, 311pp.
52. Totten M.W., Blatt H. Alteration in the non-clay mineral fraction of pelitic rocks across the diagenetic to low grade metamorphic transition, Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology 1993, 63:899-908.
53. Venkatachala B.S., Mukund S., Shukla M. Age and life of the Vindhyans - facts and conjectures. Memoir Geological Society of India 1996, 36:137-155.
54. Wronkiewicz D.J., Condie K.C. Geochemistry of Archean shales from the Witwatersrand Supergroup, South Africa: 421. Source-area weathering and provenance. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 1987, 51:2401-2416.