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Petrology Geochemistry of the Late Archaean Siliceous High-Magnesian Basalts (SHMB) from Kaklur, Southern Bastar Craton, Central India
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Greenschist facies rnetabasalts showing relict spinifex texture, associated with the Late Archaean Bengpal Group, are well exposed in the Kaklur area, Bastar craton. They are classified as siliceous high-magnesian basalts (SHMB) on the basis of its distinct chemistry, such as high SiO2 (52.83-54.52 wt%), high MgO (11.40-18.35 wt%), high Cr, Ni, enriched Rb and K, depleted Nb and Ti, and enriched-LREE patterns, as well as the presence of spinifex texture. Low Al2O3/TiO2 and Sc/Y ratios, high Ti/Zr and Sr/Nd ratios less than chondrite corroborate SHMB nature of these basalts and clearly distinguishes them from komatiites/lcomatiitic basalts and boninites. They show close geochemical similarities, particularly in high field strength and rare earth element concentrations, with other well studied Western Australian SHMB. Such SHMB are reported in literature to be derived either from komatiitic magma by crustal contamination though assimilation-fractional crystallization (AFC) processes or from magma generated from the refractory continental lithosphere.
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Geochemistry, Late Archaean, High-Mg Basalt, Bastar Craton, Madhya Pradesh.
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