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Low Pressure Granulite Facies Sukma Supracrustal Rocks near Nagaras, Southern Bastar Craton


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1 Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Powai, Mumbai - 400076, India
     

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This communication discusses the metamorphism of low pressure granulites in the Sukma supracrustal suite near Nagaras in the southern Bastar craton. The area shows occurrence of Mg-Al rocks,of both amphibolite and granulite facies. Amphibolite facies Mg-Al schist usually contains cordierite and a low-Ca amphibole, which is commonly cummingtonite and rarely gedrite. Low-Ca amphibole and sillimanite are never found together in the same rock. Mg-Al granulite is characterised by the presence of orthopyroxene in lieu of low-Ca amphibole. Most of the Mg-Al rocks are silica saturated.

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Cummingtonite, Cordierite, Granulite, Bastar Craton.
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S. S. Thakur
Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Powai, Mumbai - 400076, India
S. C. Patel
Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Powai, Mumbai - 400076, India

Abstract


This communication discusses the metamorphism of low pressure granulites in the Sukma supracrustal suite near Nagaras in the southern Bastar craton. The area shows occurrence of Mg-Al rocks,of both amphibolite and granulite facies. Amphibolite facies Mg-Al schist usually contains cordierite and a low-Ca amphibole, which is commonly cummingtonite and rarely gedrite. Low-Ca amphibole and sillimanite are never found together in the same rock. Mg-Al granulite is characterised by the presence of orthopyroxene in lieu of low-Ca amphibole. Most of the Mg-Al rocks are silica saturated.

Keywords


Cummingtonite, Cordierite, Granulite, Bastar Craton.