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Evidence of melt-and fluid-rock interactions in the refractory forearc

peridotites and associated mafic intrusives from the Tuting-Tidding
ophiolites, eastern Himalaya, India: Petr...

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DOI: 10.1002/gj.4043

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DOI: 10.1002/gj.4043

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Evidence of melt– and fluid–rock interactions in the refractory

forearc peridotites and associated mafic intrusives from the
Tuting–Tidding ophiolites, eastern Himalaya, India:
Petrogenetic and tectonic implications

Amrita Dutt1 | Athokpam Krishnakanta Singh1 | Rajesh K. Srivastava2 |

Govind Oinam1

1
Petrology & Geochemistry Group, Wadia
Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun,
India
2
Department of Geology, Banaras Hindu
University, Varanasi, India
Correspondence
Athokpam Krishnakanta Singh, Petrology &
Geochemistry Group, Wadia Institute of
Himalayan Geology, Dehradun 248001, India.
Email: aksingh_wihg@rediffmail.com
Funding information
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
(CSIR), New Delhi
Handling Editor: M. C.
We present a comprehensive geochemical data set of whole-rock geochemistry and
mineral phases from the mantle peridotites and mafic intrusives of the Tuting–
Tidding Suture Zone (TTSZ) ophiolites, eastern Himalaya, north-east India. Modal
mineralogy, low Al2O3 and CaO, high Cr# of Cr-spinels, and forsterite number
(Fo90–92) in primary olivine indicate the highly refractory nature of the TTSZ perido-
tites. LREE-enriched patterns, cumulative olivines in dunites, and Cr-spinel and
olivine compositions further suggest that the peridotites were subjected to high-
temperature melt–rock interaction from a percolating boninitic melt in the nascent
forearc of an intra-oceanic subduction zone. The associated mafic intrusives are tho-
P
leiitic in nature and their geochemical characteristics [ REE = 23.34–59.12; nearly
flat rare earth elements (REE) pattern (LaN/YbN = 1.49–2.58); negative anomalies of
Nb and Ti] show mid-oceanic ridge basalt affinity. Trace elemental modelling of the
mafic intrusives along with their mineralogy and geochemistry suggests that they
formed due to different degrees of partial melting with the involvement of a subduc-
tion component in the spreading regime of the forearc region. Based on the presence
of hydrous minerals like Cr-chlorite and tremolite in the peridotites and P–T model-
ling (525–575
C, 1.05–1.09 GPa) of the mafic intrusives, it is considered that TTSZ
ophiolites underwent low-temperature metamorphism by fluid–rock interaction
either during the later phase of subduction (in a cool mature subduction zone) or dur-
ing Himalayan Orogeny. We also infer that the TTSZ ophiolites resemble other Neo-
Tethyan ophiolites of the Indus-Tsangpo Suture Zone in terms of their geochemical
and petrogenetic aspects.

KEYWORDS

eastern Himalaya, forearc, geochemistry, Neo-Tethys, north-east India, ophiolite, subduction

1 | I N T RO DU CT I O N Ridge (MOR), Supra-Subduction Zone (SSZ), or within-plate settings

(hot-spots) (Dilek & Furnes, 2011; Dilek, Furnes, & Shallo, 2008;
Oceanic lithosphere is formed in a variety of tectonic environments Pearce, 2008; Saccani, 2015). These, along with part of the upper man-
(Coish & Church, 1979; Coleman, 1981; Gass, 1982) like Mid-Oceanic tle, get obducted onto the continental crust during collisional events

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