Petrogenesis of Amphibolites in the Kolar Schist Belt, India-A Preliminary Report

Authors

  • V. Rajamani
     School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067
  • K. Shivkumar
     School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067
  • G. N. Hanson
     Department of Earth and Space Sciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York 11794
  • J. W. Granath
     Department of Earth and Space Sciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York 11794

Abstract

The amphibolites in the Kolar schist belt include four textural types, schistoic, granular, massive and fibrous and occur in abundance in that order. The fibrous variety consists of two coexisting calcic amphiboles (A1 rich hornblende and A1 poor actinolite). The other three varieties contain hornblende and plagioclase (An40 to An85). The texture, mineralogy and mineral chemistry suggest metamorphism in the middle to upper amphibolite facies.

Major and Rare earth elements (REE) data indicate that (a) the fibrous amphibolite is somewhat similar to high-Mg basalts of Archean greenstone belts but with a strongly, heavy REE depleted pattern, (b) the other three varieties are similar to low-K oceanic tholeiites with slightly light REE depleted patterns and with strong positive Eu anomalies, and (c) the two groups do not represent primary melt compositions generated by the partial melting of a pyrolite mantle. It is concluded that the Kolar amphibolites must have been evolved from at least two separate parent magmas generated from different temperature and pressure (depth) conditions.

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Volume 22, Issue 10, October 1981

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1981-10-01

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Rajamani, V., Shivkumar, K., Hanson, G. N., & Granath, J. W. (1981). Petrogenesis of Amphibolites in the Kolar Schist Belt, India-A Preliminary Report. Journal of Geological Society of India, 22(10), 470–487. Retrieved from https://geosocindia.com/index.php/jgsi/article/view/64931

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