U-Pb zircon dating and Sr isotope systematics of the Vindhyan Supergroup, India

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Research Article| February 01, 2002 U-Pb zircon dating and Sr isotope systematics of the Vindhyan Supergroup, India Jyotiranjan S. Ray; Jyotiranjan S. Ray 1Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Centre, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Mark W. Martin; Mark W. Martin 2Department of Earth, Atmosphere, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Ján Veizer; Ján Veizer 3Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Centre, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada, and Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie und Geophysik, Ruhr Universität, Bochum 44780, Germany Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Samuel A. Bowring Samuel A. Bowring 4Department of Earth, Atmosphere, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Geology (2002) 30 (2): 131–134. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0131:UPZDAS>2.0.CO;2 Article history received: 16 May 2001 rev-recd: 28 Sep 2001 accepted: 17 Oct 2001 first online: 02 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Jyotiranjan S. Ray, Mark W. Martin, Ján Veizer, Samuel A. Bowring; U-Pb zircon dating and Sr isotope systematics of the Vindhyan Supergroup, India. Geology 2002;; 30 (2): 131–134. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0131:UPZDAS>2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract The Vindhyan Supergroup of central India, the focus of many paleontological studies, has been reported to contain Cambrian small shelly fossils, Ediacaran fossils, trace fossils, and Proterozoic microfossils and carbonaceous megafossils. New U-Pb zircon and 87Sr/ 86Sr isotopic data from the Lower Vindhyan Supergroup require that the rocks are latest Paleoproterozoic to earliest Mesoproterozoic in age. Two rhyolitic volcanic horizons from the Deonar Formation, between the Kajrahat and Rohtasgarh Limestones and below the unit containing trace fossils, yield U-Pb zircon ages of 1631 ± 5 Ma and 1631 ± 1 Ma. The Kajrahat and Rohtasgarh Limestones of the Semri Group that are below and above the reported Mesoproterozoic trace fossils have 87Sr/86Sr ratios of 0.70460 and 0.70479, respectively. The Bhander Limestone from the Upper Vindhyan Supergroup has an 87Sr/ 86Sr ratio of 0.70599, consistent with a Neoproterozoic age for this formation. These results indicate that the Kajrahat Limestone is of latest Paleoproterozoic age and the Rohtasgarh Limestone is of probable Mesoproterozoic age. These findings are in conflict with the report of Cambrian small shelly fossils and fossils of articulate brachiopods in the Rohtasgarh Limestone and argue for a Mesoproterozoic age for the formation that contains the alleged trace fossils. Reports of an Ediacaran fossil Spriggina(?) from the Lower Vindhyan Supergroup from the northern margin of the Vindhyan Basin suggest either incorrect stratigraphic correlation of units or misidentification of this fossil. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.