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Geochemical signatures and petrogenesis of Dhasan metabasalts from Kurrat–Girar–Badwar greenstone belt, southern Bundelkhand Craton, India

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The Kurrat–Girar–Badwar greenstone sequence on the southern part of Bundelkhand Craton consists of a volcano-sedimentary association that has undergone lower greenschist facies metamorphism. The present work is a detailed field account of this greenstone sequence's lithologies and geochemistry of the Dhasan metabasalts. The litho-assemblage of the Kurrat–Girar–Badwar greenstone belt consists of well-preserved volcanic rocks of basalt–basaltic–andesite composition (2.98 Ga), Banded Iron Formations (BIFs), Quartz Pebble Conglomerates (QPCs), fuchsite quartzites and minor shales, schists, sandstones, quartzites, etc. Based on field observation, the assemblage is divided into four formations, viz., Manpura Formation, Badwar Formation, Girar Formation and Dhasan Formation, respectively, from oldest to youngest. The mafic (metavolcanic) rocks of the Dhasan Formation are classified as tholeiitic basalt–basaltic andesite from major and trace element geochemistry. They have enriched LREE pattern {(La/Yb)N = 2.2–4.5} and negative Nb and Ti anomaly with negligible exogenic crustal contamination. Geochemical signatures point to the formation of most of the Dhasan metabasalts from a parental source similar to the primitive mantle, which has undergone 10–30 degrees of partial melting. Source heterogeneity is evident from Nb content (Nb = 4.04–17.27 ppm). Mantle source petrogenesis hints at source contamination of an initial Depleted Mantle Morb (DMM) by fluids from subduction zone giving an enriched signature to the metabasalts. From overall geochemical signature, we suggest the formation of Dhasan metabasalts in a sub-arc mantle in an intra-oceanic arc-backarc regime.

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  • We present a lithostratigraphic column for Kurrat–Girar–Badwar Greenstone Belt, Bundelkhand Craton, India

  • We report Dhasan metabasaltic rocks, their geochemical signatures and petrogenesis.

  • We infer back-arc basin magmatism in a subduction-extension regime for the Dhasan metabasalts, Bundelkhand Craton.

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The authors are thankful to Dr V M Tiwari, Director, NGRI, for his encouragement and permission to publish this work. SH acknowledges the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, for funding the project WOS-A/EA-7/2018 (GAP-805-28-SH) under the WOS-A scheme under which this work is carried out. Authors thank Dr M Satyanarayanan and Dr Keshav Krishna for their help in geochemical data generation. This work forms part of the PhD thesis of SH. We sincerely acknowledge the critical reviews and constructive suggestions by the two anonymous reviewers and the Associate Editor Dr Ramananda Chakrabarti. The reference number of the manuscript is NGRI/Lib/2022/Pub-82.

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    Sikha Hiloidari & D Srinivasa Sarma

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    Surya Pratap Singh

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Sikha Hiloidari: Carried out fieldwork, sample processing and performed the analysis, co-conceived and co-designed the work, acquired funds and prepared the first draft. D Srinivasa Sarma: Guided in data analysis, writing the manuscript and overall supervision. S P Singh: Carried out fieldwork, co-conceived and co-designed the work and contributed in the finalisation of MS.

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Hiloidari, S., Sarma, D.S. & Singh, S.P. Geochemical signatures and petrogenesis of Dhasan metabasalts from Kurrat–Girar–Badwar greenstone belt, southern Bundelkhand Craton, India. J Earth Syst Sci 131, 243 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-022-01986-y

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