Abstract
Abstract This paper reports new mineralogical and geochemical information on the Neoproterozoic Koraput Anorthosite pluton in domain-2 of the Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt. The lenticular-shaped, NE-SW trending small Koraput Anorthosite Pluton is dominated by gabbro-anorthosite, anorthosite sensu-stricto, and norite-diorite. Isolated patches of ferrodiorite (residual melt following crystallization of anorthosite) occur at the pluton margin. The estimated magmatic P-T conditions for anorthosite emplacement are ~1000°C and ~1.1GPa. In addition, the intermediate Anorthite (48-52 mole %) presence in plagioclase of gabbro-anorthosite and anorthosite indicates plagioclase crystallisation and accumulation at 30-40 km (circa 1 GPa) depth near the crust-mantle boundary. Furthermore, the geochemical traces suggest Koraput anorthosite pluton crystallized from a less fractionated basaltic magma. The REE and trace element systematics of anorthosite and norite-diorite exhibit enriched LILEs over depleted HFSE with negative Nb, Ta, Th, and Zr anomalies. Gabbro-anorthosite and ferrodiorite, on the other hand, exhibit positive Nb, Ti, and negative Zr and Th anomalies. Nb/Th versus Nb/La diagram implies lithodemic units in Koraput Anorthosite pluton are variably contaminated by crustal sources. Integration of geochemical data with available monazite age suggests that the Koraput anorthosite pluton in isotopic domain-2 of the Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt was emplaced during the collision between proto-India and Antarctica during the Rodinia assembly.
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