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dc.contributor.authorFernandes, G.Q.
dc.contributor.authorIyer, S.D.
dc.contributor.authorKotha, M.
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-03T08:43:14Z
dc.date.available2017-03-03T08:43:14Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationActa Geologica Sinica, vol.90(6); 2016; 2036-2048
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/5110
dc.description.abstractThe Precambrian greywacke of Ribandar-Chimbel belonging to the Sanvordem Formation of the Goa Group, India, has been studied for petrography and analyzed for major trace elements. The greywacke is characterized by angular to sub-round grains of quartz, feldspar, biotite, chlorite and clay minerals. The abundance of clay in the matrix seems to have influenced the Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> content and the K<sub>2</sub>O/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> ratio. The variation diagrams indicate a decreasing trend of TiO<sub>2</sub>, Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>, Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> and MgO; whereas Na<sub>2</sub>O and CaO exhibit a scatter which could be a result of the variable presence of feldspar within the sediments. The immobile elements, vanadium (25 to 144 ppm), nickel (up to 107 ppm) and chromium (up to 184 ppm), reflect abundance of clay minerals. The greywacke shows strongly fractionated REE patterns with LaN/YbN = 8 to 26 and with higher total REE abundances (up to 245 ppm). The low REE enrichment and depletion in heavier REE with prominent negative Eu anomaly (Eu/Eu*= 0.54 to 0.79) suggest a derivation of the greywacke from an old upper continental crust composed chiefly of felsic components. Petrological evidence and geochemical data suggest that the deposition of the greywacke largely took place in a deep to shallow basin that progressively changed from that of a continental island arc to an active continental setting
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherGeological Society of China
dc.subjectGeology and geophysics
dc.subjectGeology and geophysics
dc.subjectGeology and geophysics
dc.titleThe origin and tectonic setting of precambrian greywacke of Ribandar-Chimbel, Goa, India: Petrological and geochemical evidence
dc.typeJournal Article


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