U-Pb zircon-monazite-apatite geochronology and zircon Hf isotope composition of syenite-clinopyroxenite suite from Nayagarh (Odisha) of the Eastern Ghats Province
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Abstract
A clinopyroxene-bearing syenite suite, hosted in charnockitic orthogneiss in the Nayagarh region of the Eastern Ghats Province, records multiple magmatic and metamorphic events. This study combines petrography, mineral chemistry, U–Pb geochronology of zircon, monazite, and apatite, and zircon Hf isotopes to constrain its petrogenesis and tectonic evolution. The syenite comprises mainly K-feldspar with subordinate clinopyroxene and accessories like zircon, allanite, thorite, monazite, titanite, and apatite. Apatite veins cutting syenite–pyroxenite bodies are light rare earth element-enriched. Zircon grains feature magmatic cores and metamorphic overgrowths. Magmatic domains yield a concordant U–Pb age of 979 ± 6 Ma (2σ, n = 28; MSWD = 2.0), marking syenite intrusion. A xenocrystic zircon at 1744 ± 63 Ma indicates older crustal inheritance. Metamorphic overgrowths date to 792 ± 9 Ma (2σ, n = 9; MSWD = 0.060) and 541 ± 10 Ma (2σ, n = 2; MSWD = 0.000117). Monazite gives a concordant age of 458 ± 8 Ma (2σ, n = 5; MSWD = 0.27), while apatite yields a Tera–Wasserburg intercept of 410 ± 15 Ma (2σ; MSWD = 10). Zircon εHf(t) values range from –12.1 to + 4.7, signaling mixed juvenile and crustal sources, with depleted mantle model ages of 2.75–2.90 Ga for crustal extraction. The ∼ 979 Ma syenite emplacement aligns with Chilka Lake anorthosite and widespread anorthosite–charnockite–granitoid magmatism in the Eastern Ghats Belt, tying to Grenville-age post-orogenic extension after Eastern Ghats accretion to the Indian Shield and East Antarctica during Rodinia assembly. The ∼ 792 Ma event reflects high-grade metamorphism and decompression in Chilka Lake, linked to Rodinia breakup and East Antarctic–Indian separation. The ∼ 541 Ma zircons correlate with Kuunga orogeny, while 458 Ma monazite and 410 Ma apatite record hydrothermal alterations from later thermal pulses.
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Precambrian Research publishes studies on all aspects of the early stages of the composition, structure and evolution of the Earth and its planetary neighbours. With a focus on process-oriented and comparative studies, it covers, but is not restricted to, subjects such as:
(1) Chemical, biological, biochemical and cosmochemical evolution; the origin of life; the evolution of the oceans and atmosphere; the early fossil record; palaeobiology;
(2) Geochronology and isotope and elemental geochemistry;
(3) Precambrian mineral deposits;
(4) Geophysical aspects of the early Earth and Precambrian terrains;
(5) Nature, formation and evolution of the Precambrian lithosphere and mantle including magmatic, depositional, metamorphic and tectonic processes.
In addition, the editors particularly welcome integrated process-oriented studies that involve a combination of the above fields and comparative studies that demonstrate the effect of Precambrian evolution on Phanerozoic earth system processes.
Regional and localised studies of Precambrian phenomena are considered appropriate only when the detail and quality allow illustration of a wider process, or when significant gaps in basic knowledge of a particular area can be filled.