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The NE-SW trending Jahazpur Belt in NW India has been considered correlative with the Aravalli Fold Belt, based on lithological similarities and greenschist facies metamorphic assemblages. The 2.54 Ga ‘Jahazpur Granite’ constitutes the basement for the overlying Hindoli and Jahazpur Group sediments in this belt. These meta sedimentary sequences presently occur as a greenschist facies ensemble of phyllite, marble, greywacke, and meta-conglomerate. In this study, the trace and Rare Earth Elements geochemistry of the Paleoproterozoic Hindoli Group metapelites and metagreywackes was evaluated for source characterization and tectonic setting. The transition metals and Th, La abundances, and Th/Sc, Zr/Sc and La/Sc ratios (1.19 and 1.5, 21.31 and 17.35 and 4.02 and 2.97, for metapelites and metagreywackes, respectively) of Hindoli Group suggest a felsic source for them and some degree of sediment maturity. Both Hindoli metapelites and metagreywackes are enriched in LREE and display significant negative Eu anomalies, further substantiating a predominant felsic component in the source region. The provenance modeling calculations indicate that the detritus was mainly sourced from Mangalwar Complex, along with some inputs from Jahazpur Granite, Bundelkhand TTG and Hindoli volcanics. Geochemical characteristics also discriminate a continental collision associated with an Active Continental Margin tectonic setting for the deposition of Hindoli sediments.
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We thank Dr. L.S. Shekhawat and Dr. Pankaj Saini for their help during the fieldwork and for useful discussion. Sincere thanks to two anonymous reviewers for useful comments on the earlier versions of the manuscript that have helped in improving the presentation. We also thank the Deputy Director General, Geological Survey of India (WR) for permission to use the lab for photomicrographic work.
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Saxena, A., Pandit, M.K. & Zhao, J.H. Geochemistry of Hindoli Group Metasediments, SE Aravalli Craton, NW India: Implications on Provenance Characteristics and Tectonic Setting. J Geol Soc India 99, 1071–1082 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-023-2433-7
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