Petrology, geochemistry and LA-ICP-MS U-Pb geochronology of Paleoproterozoic basement rocks in Bangladesh: An evaluation of calc-alkaline magmatism and implication for Columbia supercontinent amalgamation

• Published in: Journal of Asian earth sciences Vol. 157; pp. 22 - 39
• Main Authors: Hossain, Ismail, Tsunogae, Toshiaki, Tsutsumi, Yukiyasu, Takahashi, Kazuki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 15.05.2018
• Subjects: Assimilation; Bangladesh; Basement rocks; Calc-alkaline; Fractional crystallization; Paleoproterozoic; Assimilation; Paleoproterozoic; Bangladesh; Calc-alkaline; Basement rocks; Fractional crystallization
• ISSN: 1367-9120; 1878-5786
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2017.09.016

[Display omitted] •Modal and geochemical data show dominantly mafic with calc-alkaline magmatism.•Age of granitic pegmatite showing credible chronological sequence (diorite-tonalite-granite)•Palaeoproterozoic magmatism in Bangladesh with CITZ, India suggest Columbian configuration. The Paleoproterozoic (1.7 Ga) basement rocks from Maddhapara, Bangladesh show a large range of chemical variations (e.g. SiO2=50.7–74.7%) and include diorite, quartz diorite, monzodiorite, quartz monzonite and granite. The pluton overall displays metaluminous, calc-alkaline orogenic suite; mostly I-type suites formed within subduction-related magmatism. The observed major elements show general trends for fractional crystallization. Trace element contents also indicate the possibility of a fractionation or assimilation; explain the entire variation from diorite to monzonite, even granite. The pluton may have evolved the unique chemical features by a process that included partial melting of calc-alkaline lithologies and mixing of mantle-derived magmas, followed by fractional crystallization, and by assimilation of country rocks. The pluton shows evidence of crystal fractionation involving largely plagioclase, amphibole and possibly biotite. Some of the fractionated magmas may have mixed with more potassic melts from distinct parts of the continental lithosphere to produce granites and/or pegmatites. New geochronological results of granitic pegmatite (1722±10 Ma) are indisputably consistent with diorite and tonalite and those data showing credible geochronological sequence (i.e., diorite – tonalite – granitic pegmatite). Identical Paleoproterozoic age (1.7 Ga) with distinctive magmatism of the Maddhapara basement rocks have agreeable relationship with the CITZ, India. The consistent magmatism is also common in the Transamazonian of South America, Trans-Hudson orogeny in North America, Bohemian Massif and the Svecofennian, Poland, have identified the sequential growth of the continent through the amalgamation of juvenile terrains, succeeded by a major collisional orogeny. Such Paleoproterozoic subduction-related orogens in Australia have similar counterparts in Antarctica and other part of the world. These types of Paleoproterozoic magmatism dominantly contributed to assemble, amalgamation and breakup of the enormous Columbia supercontinent.