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Boninitic geochemical characteristics of high-Mg mafic dykes from the Singhbhum Granitoid Complex, Eastern India

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The high-Mg mafic dykes from the Singhbhum Granitoid Complex in East India have geochemical characteristics [e.g., enrichment of the large ion lithophile elements and light rare earth elements (LREEs) relative to high field strength elements (HFSEs): high-MgO (>8 %), high-SiO2 (≥52 %), low-TiO2 (≤0.5 %), and high CaO/Al2O3 (≥0.58)] similar to those found in boninitic/noritic rocks. Their high percentage of orthopyroxene as a mafic mineral and of plagioclase as a felsic mineral, and normative hypersthene content greater than diopside content are also indications of their boninitic/noritic affinity. On a triangular diagram of MgO-CaO-Al2O3 and on binary diagrams of Ti/V vs Ti/Sc and TiO2 vs Zr, these samples show geochemical similarities with Phanerozoic boninites and Paleoproterozoic high-Mg norites. On major and trace element variation diagrams, these dykes show a normal crystallization trend and their Nb/La (<0.5) and Nb/Ce (<0.21) values lower than average bulk crust (0.69 and 0.33, respectively) suggest no crustal contamination. Their low values of Rb/Sr (0.11–0.41) and Rb/Ba (0.10–0.27) also suggest little or no effect of post magmatic processes. Their TiO2 (0.27–0.50), Al2O3 /TiO2 (19.30–42.48), CaO/TiO2 (12.96–32.52), and Ti/V (12–18) values indicate derivation from a depleted mantle source under oxidizing conditions such as a mantle wedge. Ni vs Zr modeling shows that the studied high-Mg dykes were generated by 25–30 % melting of a refractory mantle source. Enrichment of Rb, Th, U, Pb, Sr, and LREEs, and depletion of HFSEs—especially Nb, P, Ti, Zr—on primitive mantle—and chondrite-normalized spider diagrams, respectively, are clear signals that the slab-derived component played an important role in the formation of melts for these rocks in a supra-subduction zone setting.

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Authors are sincerely thankful to the Director, NGRI, for providing permission to analyze these samples. First author pays sincere thanks to Prof. Shakil Ahmad Romshoo, Head, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Kashmir, Srinagar for providing various facilities and genuine time to time guidance to complete this article. Constructive comments and valuable suggestions from anonymous reviewers are duly acknowledged.

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  3. National Geophysical Research Institute, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, 500007, India

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Mir, A.R., Alvi, S.H. & Balaram, V. Boninitic geochemical characteristics of high-Mg mafic dykes from the Singhbhum Granitoid Complex, Eastern India. Chin. J. Geochem. 34, 241–251 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11631-015-0044-8

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