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Geochemical constraints on the tectonic setting of the Sonakhan Greenstone Belt, Bastar Craton, Central India

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The Neo-Archean Sonakhan Greenstone Belt (SGB) located in the north-eastern fringes of Bastar craton, Central India, is dominated by Basalts, Andesites, Dacites and Rhyolites association. Partial melting modeling on the SGB metabasalts indicates that these rocks were derived by 20% melting of spinel peridotite. Fractional crystallisation modeling with REE reveal that the most evolved samples represent the product of fractional crystallization of least evolved magma with 35% plagioclase, 35% clinopyroxene, 20% olivine, 5% magnetite and 5% ilmenite as fractionating minerals with 40% remaining magma. Depletion of HFSE with reference to the LILE and LREE/HFSE ratios and Nb, Zr anomalies in the multi-element diagram of the mafic rocks of SGB indicate Island arc magmatic setting. The enriched Th/Yb values further substantiate that the mantle arrays were modified by subduction-related fluids or melts. The general conclusions drawn indicate that the metabasalts from the SGB were formed as a result of subduction of an intraoceanic lithosphere in a fore-arc suprasubduction zone environment.

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SDD expresses his sincere thanks to Dr. S. K. Rajput, Principal, Govt. V.Y.T.PG Autonomous College, Durg. The authors are also thankful to Dr. Sandeep Vansutre and Dr. Shailesh Agrawal for their help in the preparation of the manuscript. Financial support from UGC to S.D. Deshmukh is gratefully acknowledged.

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    S. D. Deshmukh

  2. School of Studies in Geology and W.R.M., Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India

    K. R. Hari & M. P. Manu Prasanth

  3. Department of Applied Geology, National Institute of Technology, Raipur, India

    P. Diwan

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Deshmukh, S.D., Hari, K.R., Diwan, P. et al. Geochemical constraints on the tectonic setting of the Sonakhan Greenstone Belt, Bastar Craton, Central India. Acta Geochim 37, 489–499 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11631-017-0213-z

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