(PDF) Tectonic Fabric, Geochemistry, and Zircon-Monazite Geochronology as Proxies to Date an Orogeny: Example of South Delhi Orogeny, NW India, and Implications for East Gondwana Tectonics

We have dated the South Delhi orogeny, Aravalli-Delhi Mobile Belt (ADMB), NW India, using the tectonic fabric, geochemistry, and zircon-monazite geochronology as the proxies. The South Delhi Terrane (SDT), a passive margin domain in the ADMB, consists of multiply deformed (D1–D4) greenschist facies rocks and several granite plutons. The D1 deformation is characterized by pervasive isoclinal recumbent F1 fold and axial planar tectonometamorphic fabric, S1, developed in all rock types. The S1 minerals belong to peak greenschist facies metamorphism, M1, suggesting syntectonic nature of M1 with D1. The age of the D1-M1 is constrained by the syncollisional peralkaline S type Sewariya granite which is characterized by magmatic/submagmatic fabric (Sm) coplanar with the S1. The margin of the pluton is turned into quartzofeldspathic gneiss carrying the evidence of high temperature deformation. The age of Sewariya granite is estimated at ca. 878 Ma by zircon geochronology. The D1-M1 is furthe...

ORIGINAL RESEARCH published: 12 February 2021 doi: 10.3389/feart.2020.594355 Tectonic Fabric, Geochemistry, and Zircon-Monazite Geochronology as Proxies to Date an Orogeny: Example of South Delhi Orogeny, NW India, and Implications for East Gondwana Tectonics Subhash Singh 1, Bert De Waele 2, Anjali Shukla 1, B. H. Umasankar 1 and Tapas Kumar Biswal 1* 1 Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India, 2SRK Consulting (Australasia) Pvt Ltd., West Perth, WA, Australia Edited by: Guillermo Booth-Rea, University of Granada, Spain Reviewed by: Junpeng Wang, China University of Geosciences Wuhan, China Christoph Von Hagke, RWTH Aachen University, Germany *Correspondence: Tapas Kumar Biswal tkbiswal@iitb.ac.in Specialty section: This article was submitted to Structural Geology and Tectonics, a section of the journal Frontiers in Earth Science Received: 13 August 2020 Accepted: 17 December 2020 Published: 12 February 2021 Citation: Singh S, De Waele B, Shukla A, Umasankar BH and Biswal TK (2021) Tectonic Fabric, Geochemistry, and Zircon-Monazite Geochronology as Proxies to Date an Orogeny: Example of South Delhi Orogeny, NW India, and Implications for East Gondwana Tectonics. Front. Earth Sci. 8:594355. doi: 10.3389/feart.2020.594355 We have dated the South Delhi orogeny, Aravalli-Delhi Mobile Belt (ADMB), NW India, using the tectonic fabric, geochemistry, and zircon-monazite geochronology as the proxies. The South Delhi Terrane (SDT), a passive margin domain in the ADMB, consists of multiply deformed (D1–D4) greenschist facies rocks and several granite plutons. The D1 deformation is characterized by pervasive isoclinal recumbent F1 fold and axial planar tectonometamorphic fabric, S1, developed in all rock types. The S1 minerals belong to peak greenschist facies metamorphism, M1, suggesting syntectonic nature of M1 with D1. The age of the D1-M1 is constrained by the syncollisional peralkaline S type Sewariya granite which is characterized by magmatic/submagmatic fabric (Sm) coplanar with the S1. The margin of the pluton is turned into quartzofeldspathic gneiss carrying the evidence of high temperature deformation. The age of Sewariya granite is estimated at ca. 878 Ma by zircon geochronology. The D1-M1 is further constrained by monazite geochronology of the mica schist at ca. 865–846 Ma. The other granite plutons and metarhyolite are pre-D1 and emplaced at ca. 992–946 Ma. The D2 deformation produced NE-SW trending open upright F2 folds coaxial with the F1, and northwesterly vergent F2–axial planar thrusts. Monazite geochronology constrains the D2 at ca. 811–680 Ma. The D3 is characterized by small to large scale NW-SE folds, and the D4 by faults and fractures marking the brittle deformation in the rocks. The D4 is constrained by monazite geochronology at ca. 588–564 Ma. There are upper amphibolitic tectonic slivers along the D2-Phulad thrust, belonging to the pre-Delhi rocks, which show ca. 1,638 Ma metamorphism age. From the above study, it is suggested that the South Delhi orogeny belongs to ca. 878–680 Ma marking the ﬁnal amalgamation of Marwar Craton with the rest of India. This overlaps the early phase of the Pan-African orogeny (900–630 Ma). The brittle deformation, D4, coincides with Kuunga orogeny (650–500 Ma). Our study implies that India, like other continents in the East Gondwana, underwent amalgamation of internal blocks until the late part of the Neoproterozoic. Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org 1 February 2021 | Volume 8 | Article 594355 Singh et al. Age of South Delhi Orogeny Keywords: blastesis-deformation relationships, granite, geochemistry, zircon-monazite geochronology, South Delhi orogeny, ca. 878–680 Ma, East Gondwana in the metasediments and granite plutons to know chronological sequence of granite intrusion with deformation. Further, geochemistry of granites was studied to decipher the tectonic setting of their intrusion. Furthermore, zircon and monazite geochronology were conducted to date the granite plutons and tectonometamorphic fabric in the metasediments. Based on these studies, the South Delhi orogeny was found not directly related to Grenvillian or Kuunga orogeny (late part of Pan-African) rather to the early part of Pan-African orogeny. Therefore, we suggest that some of the orogenies observed in different continents may not have direct match with global scale orogenies which was responsible for building supercontinental assembly. INTRODUCTION Amalgamation of continents took place through accretion and continental collision giving rise to supercontinental assembly. Orogens were created along the zone of amalgamation, which are marked by ductile as well as brittle deformation of rocks, different types of metamorphism, and intrusion of variety of magmatic rocks (Twiss and Moores, 1992; Kearey et al., 2009). A correlative study between tectonometamorphic fabric with geochronology of magmatic rocks and metamorphic mineral could estimate the life span of a supercontinental cycle (Hawkesworth et al., 2017). The earth underwent several orogenic cycles in the past since Neoarchean to Tertiary period. The Nuna orogeny was responsible for the formation of the Columbia Supercontinent (ca. 2.1 to 1.8 Ga, Rogers and Santosh 2002; Zhao et al., 2002), the Grenvillian orogeny was responsible for the Rodinia Supercontinent (ca. 1.3 to 1.0 Ga; Valentine and Moores, 1970; McMenamin and McMenamin, 1990; Meert and Torsvik, 2003; Cawood, 2005; Li et al., 2008), and the Pan-African orogeny created the Gondwana Supercontinent (0.9–0.5 Ga, Stern, 1994; Kroner and Stern, 2005; Fritz et al., 2013; Oriolo et al., 2017). Each orogeny comprises several phases of subduction and arc accretion that vary temporally and spatially at different parts of the Supercontinent. For example the Pan-African orogeny consists of an earlier phase of subduction and arc accretion (0.9–0.63 Ga) as observed in the Arabian-Nubian shield (Kroner and Stern, 2005) and a late phase of collision (Kuunga orogeny, ca. 0.65–0.50 Ga) in Madagascar, Tanzania, and other parts of Africa (Meert and Lieberman, 2008; Lehmann et al., 2016). In this paper, we studied the South Delhi orogeny of the Archean-Neoproterozoic Aravalli-Delhi Mobile Belt (ADMB) in NW India that consists of several terranes juxtaposed along shear zones (Figures 1A,B). The terranes are Hindoli-Jahazpur, Mangalwar, Sandmata, Aravalli, North Delhi, South Delhi, and Sirohi terranes. The ADMB bears the imprint of the Nuna, Grenvillian, and Pan-African orogenies. The age of the South Delhi orogeny is still debated, if it is equivalent to Grenvillian or Pan-African, because most of the studies are based on single proxy. For instance, with very little analysis of magmatic vs. solid state fabric of the diorite (1.0 Ga, Volpe and Macdaugall, 1990), the Godhra granite (0.95 Ga, Gopalan et al., 1979), and the Chang granite (Table 1, 0.97 Ga, Tiwana et al., 2019), a Grenvillian age for the South Delhi orogeny was advocated (Roy, 2001). Similarly, based on monazite ages of Pilwa-Chinwali area without much consideration to deformation fabric Grenvillian age has been considered (Bhowmik et al., 2018). Contrarily, Singh et al. (2010) used zircon geochronology of granite and deformation history of host rocks and deduced ca. 0.87–0.65 Ga age, suggesting PanAfrican age. Similar ages (ca. 0.87–078 Ga) were obtained by Tiwari and Biswal (2019a) who applied a combined study of monazite geochronology and deformation fabric to Ambaji granulite. We adopted a new approach wherein multiple proxies have been applied that include deformational structure Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org REGIONAL GEOLOGICAL SETTING AND OROGENIC CYCLES IN THE ARAVALLI-DELHI MOBILE BELT The ADMB underwent three orogenic cycles, namely, Bhilwara, Aravalli, and South Delhi orogenic cycles (Figure 1; Synchanthavong and Desai, 1977; Sinha-Roy, 1988; Gupta et al., 1997; Biswal et al., 1998a,b; Bhowmik and Dasgupta, 2012). The Bhilwara orogenic cycle belongs to Archean age and is represented by multiply deformed, metamorphosed, migmatized greenstone-tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite gneisses of the Mewar gneiss, Mangalwar, Sandmata, HindoliJahazpur terranes, and Beawar and Anasagar gneisses (Figures 1B–D) (ca. 3.3 Ga to 2.8 Ga age, Kaur et al., 2020 and reference therein). All these terranes were part of Marwar-Bundelkhanda Craton (Figure 1C). The Bhilwara orogeny terminated with westerly subduction and intrusion of arc setting Berach, Gingla, and Jhiri granites at 2.6 Ga (Figure 1D). The Aravalli orogenic cycle initiated during Paleoproterozoic period and was manifested in the Aravalli and North Delhi terranes (Figure 1B). The cycle was marked by rifting and creation of expansive continental margin (ca. 2.0 Ga, Figure 1E) where thick sequence of sandstone-shalecarbonate rocks with interbedded rift-generated bimodal volcanics were deposited with conglomerate and palaeosol at the base (Pandit et al., 2008; De Wall et al., 2012; Mehdi et al., 2015; Wang et al., 2014). The N-S aligned inverted V-shaped Aravalli Terrane comprises shallow water stromatolites bearing rocks in the east and low metamorphic grade carbonate and pelitic rocks in the west. The Aravalli orogeny is marked by subduction along Rakhabdev shear zone (Figure 1F), emplacement of ophiolites at 1.8 Ga, intrusion of granulite and charnockite plutons in the Sandmata Terrane at ca. 1.7 Ga, granulite facies metamorphism in the Pilwa-Chinwali area at 1.7 Ga (Fareeduddin et al., 1994; Bhowmik et al., 2018), and arc setting rhyolite and volcanic tuffs volcanism in the HindoliJahazpur Terrane at 1.8 Ga (Deb et al., 1989; Verma and Greiling, 1995; Deb and Thorpe, 2001; Raza and Siddiqui, 2012). The Mangalwar Terrane was completely metacratonized 2 February 2021 | Volume 8 | Article 594355 Singh et al. Age of South Delhi Orogeny FIGURE 1 | (A) Peninsular India with location of various cratons and mobile belts. Abbreviations: ADMB: Aravalli-Delhi Mobile Belt, BC: Bundelkhanda Craton, DC: Dharwar Craton, EGMB: Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt, MC: Marwar Craton, PMB: Proterozoic mobile belt, SGT: Southern Granulite terrane. (B) Simpliﬁed terrane map of the ADMB (Singh et al., 2010). Abbreviations: AT: Aravalli Terrane, BC: Bundelkhanda Craton, GBT: Great Boundary Thrust, HJT: Hindoli-Jahazpur Terrane, KSZ: Kaliguman Shear Zone, MT: Mangalwar Terrane, MC: Marwar Craton, NDT: North Delhi Terrane, PSZ: Phulad Shear Zone, RSZ: Rakhabdev shear zone, SDT: South Delhi Terrane, ShT: Sirohi Terrane. (C) Schematic diagram of the Bhilwara, Aravalli, and South Delhi orogenic cycles: The Archean crust was 2.8–3.5 Ga old, the relicts are left out as Mewar gneiss, Untala granite, Beawar gneiss, and Sandmata-Mangalwar gneisses. Hindoli group was probably a greenstone belt; all these were (Continued ) Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org 3 February 2021 | Volume 8 | Article 594355 Singh et al. Age of South Delhi Orogeny FIGURE 1 | part of Marwar-Bundelkhanda Craton. (D) Subduction/collision at 2.6 Ga, between Bundelkhanda Craton and Marwar Craton, marking the Bhilwara orogeny. Berach granite, Gingla granite, and Jhiri granite produced from the remelting of the subducting slab. (E) Aravalli orogenic cycle initiated with opening of Aravalli basin and North Delhi basin on the Archean-Paleoproterozoic Craton, at ca. 2.0 Ga. Ahar river granite served as basement of Aravalli sediments. (F) Aravalli orogeny occurred at 1.7 Ga, subduction along Rakhabdev suture zone, ophiolites were obducted, Sandmata granulites intruded to gneissic basement, and Amet granite intruded. (G) South Delhi orogenic cycles initiated with opening of South Delhi basin at 1.0 Ga; the Sirohi basin may be at the western ﬂank of the South Delhi basin; during rifting Sendra granite, Ranakpur diorite, Bilara granite intruded. (H) South Delhi orogeny at 0.88 Ga, subduction/collision, arc magmatism in form of Ambaji granite, Erinpura granite and Sewariya granite, Marwar Craton was metacratonized, postorogenic extension created normal faulting, opened Punagarh basin. during the Aravalli orogeny. The North Delhi Terrane, of nearly equidimensional shape (Heron, 1953), consists of shallow water sedimentary and volcanic sequences deposited in several grabens (age ca. 2.5–1.7 Ga) (Kaur et al., 2006; Mehdi et al., 2015). The sediments were folded along NE-SW axis (Ray, 1974; Gupta et al., 1998), metamorphosed in greenschist facies (0.95 Ga, Pant et al., 2008), and intruded by several granite plutons ranging in age from ca. 2.5 Ga to 0.8 Ga (Kaur et al., 2006, 2013; Misra et al., 2020). The Aravalli orogeny could be synchronous with Columbia Supercontinent amalgamation event (monazite ages of Mangalwar Terrane, 1.8–1.7 Ga, Bhowmik and Dasgupta, 2012; Columbia assembly ca. 2.1 to 1.7 Ga, Meert and Santosh, 2017). Ca. 1.0 Ga Grenvillian orogeny overprinted the BhilwaraAravalli rocks in form of granulite facies metamorphism in the Sandmata granulite (ca. 0.94 Ga, Bhowmik et al., 2010), Mangalwar Terrane (ca. 0.99 Ga, Ozha et al., 2016), and northern part of Bhilwara belt (Kumar et al., 2019). The South Delhi orogenic cycle initiated during Meso-Neoproterozoic period following Grenvillian orogeny, when the Marwar Craton underwent rifting to form the South Delhi and Sirohi basins (Figure 1G). The NE-SW trending linear South Delhi Terrane (SDT, Figure 1B) shows variation in lithological association. The northern part consists of low grade pelitequartzite-carbonate sequence, the central part is dominated by metavolcanics known as Phulad ophiolite, and the southern part exposes amphibolite-granulite facies rocks (Biswal et al., 1998a, b; Khan et al., 2005). Distinct erosional unconformity is preserved in the northern part where the SDT-metasediments unconformably overlie the gneissic-granulitic rocks of Mangalwar and Sandmata terranes (Heron, 1953). Deposition of the SDT-metasediments was constrained between ca.1.2–0.87 Ga by Singh et al. (2010) and ca.1.74–1.06 Ga by Wang et al. (2014), and the granulite facies metamorphism was constrained at ca. 0.87–0.85 Ga (Tiwari and Biswal, 2019a). Bimodal volcanics and synrift extensional granitoids (Sendra granite, Ranakpura diorite, Bilara granite, ca.1.0 Ga) occur in the entire stretch of the SDT (Table 1, Biswal et al., 1998a, b; Bhattacharjee et al., 1988; Pandit et al., 2003; Singh et al., 2010). The South Delhi orogeny is marked by westerly subduction and formation of island arc system with intrusion of Ambaji, Erinpura, and Sewariya granites at 0.88–0.86 Ga (Figure 1H). The terrane is marked by multiple stages of folding and many longitudinal thrusts and faults (Naha et al., 1984, 1987; Biswal, 1988; Mukhopadhyay, 1989; Mukhopadhyay and Martin, 1991; Ghosh et al., 1999, 2003; Dasgupta et al., 2012). The basement rocks were thrusted up and occur as tectonic slices, e.g., the granite gneisses at Beawar and Ajmer (Tobisch et al., 1994; Chattopadhyay et al., 2012) and granulitic outcrop at Pilwa-Chinwali (1.7–1.5 Ga to 1.0 Ga age, Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org Fareeduddin et al., 1994; Bhowmik et al., 2018; Singh et al., 2020). The Sirohi Terrane occurs to the west of the SDT in the form of isolated remnants of low grade metasediments in the western trans-Aravalli plain (probable age of sediments ca. 1.0 Ga, Roy and Sharma, 1999; Purohit et al., 2012) within expansive ca. 0.86–0.76 Ga old granites (Erinpura granite: Just et al., 2011; Malani Igneous Suite: Dharma Rao et al., 2013). Deformation and metamorphic events were dated ca. 0.9–0.8 Ga (Arora et al., 2017). Postorogenic extensional volcano-sedimentary sequences of the Sindreth and Punagarh basins overlie the Sirohi Terrane (Figure 1H) (Sharma, 2005; De Wall et al., 2014; Schobel et al., 2017; Bhardwaj and Biswal, 2019; Tiwari et al., 2020) and Malani Igneous Suite intruded along extensional fractures (Sharma, 2005). We studied a part of the SDT near Beawar-Rupnagar-Babra in Rajasthan (Figure 2A). The SDT, in this part, is ﬂanked by the pre-Delhi rocks in the east and west (Heron 1953). Later studies interpreted the pre-Delhi rocks in the western ﬂank were completely metacratonized by the intrusion of ca. ≤0.87 Ga old granites (Gupta et al., 1997; Singh et al., 2020). Further, an inlier of pre-Delhi rocks, called Beawar gneiss, divides the SDT into NW and SE synclines (Heron, 1953). The Beawar gneiss is as old as ca. 2.8 Ga (Tobisch et al., 1994; detrital zircon ages range from 2.5 to 1.6 Ga; Kaur et al., 2019) and was overprinted by later thermal events at 0.96 and 0.89 Ga (Kaur et al., 2020). Our study belongs to the NW syncline that Heron (1953) further subdivided into Barotiya and Sendra sequences (Figure 2A). While Barotiya sequence is dominated by conglomerate, mica schist, and amphibolite, the Sendra sequence consists of calc schist and mica schist. Both have undergone NE-SW folding and greenschist facies metamorphism. Mylonite and cataclasite are developed along ductile shear zones and faults. Several granite plutons, namely, Sewariya, Pratapgarh, Sumel, Chang, and Sendra plutons, intrude the belt (Figure 2A) (Sendra granite, ca. 0.98 Ga, Gangopadhyay and Mukhopadhyay, 1984; Tobisch et al., 1994; Pandit et al., 2003; Sewariya granite, ca. 0.86 Ga, Sivasubramaniam et al., 2019). GEOLOGICAL SETTING OF THE STUDY AREA-PRESENT STUDY Field Setting Mapping of litho-units and meso-microfabric study of rocks were carried out and the structural map of the area (Singh et al., 2020) was updated with addition of a greater amount of structural data and stereoplots for areas like large scale fold hinges and shear 4 February 2021 | Volume 8 | Article 594355 Singh et al. Age of South Delhi Orogeny TABLE 1 | Granite ages, from the SDT. Name of the granite Granites, Bilara near Jodhpur Plagiogranite Sirohi Terrane Diorites, Ranakpur Xenocryst granite gneisses of Sirohi Rhyolite, Deri Foliated granite Sirohi Terrane Rhyolite ﬂows in Ambaji granite Sendra granite Sendra granite Sendra granite Chang pluton Godhra pluton Erinpura granites Granulite metamorphism, anatexis Ambaji Granite gneisses, Ambaji Rapakivi granite intrusion, Ambaji granulite Foliated granite, Siyawa Granites, Sirohi Granite, Tosam Porphyritic granite Sirohi Terrane Rhyolite, Tosam Malani Igneous Suite Sindreth volcanic rocks Microgranite, Ambaji Sindreth rhyolite Sirohi Terrane Malani Igneous Suite Balda granites Microgranite, Ambaji granulite Charnockite, Ambaji granulites Mt Abu granite Gabbar Hill granite near Ambaji Mt Abu, fabric formation Present study Sewariya granite (TKB-1) Xenocryst from Sewariya granite (TKB-1) Rupnagar metarhyolite (TKB-2) Pratapgarh granite (TKB-3) Sumel granite (TKB-4) Sumel granite (TKB-4) Pre-Delhi metamorphism D1 deformation metamorphism D2 deformation and shearing Brittle shearing Age Method 1101 ± 13 Ma 1015 Ma 1012 ± 78 Ma 992 ± 1.3 Ma 987 ± 6 Ma 966 Ma 960 Ma 840 Ma 967.8 ± 1.2 Ma 966 Ma 970 Ma 955 Ma 863 ± 23 860 Ma 850 Ma 840 Ma 836+7/−5 Ma 822.8 ± 0.8 Ma 818 ± 3.6 Ma 808 Ma 793 ± 18 Ma 771 Ma 765.9 ± 1.6 Ma 765 Ma 765 Ma 765 Ma 763 ± 22 Ma 759 Ma 757.8 ± 0.9 Ma 735 ± 15 Ma 535 ± 15 Ma 509 ± 2 Ma Zircon 207Pb/206Pb SHRIMP Zircon dating Sm-Nd Isochron age Pb-Pb Zircon Xenocryst U-Pb zircon age SHRIMP Zircon dating SHRIMP Zircon dating Rb-Sr age Pb/Pb ages Nd-Sm U/Pb age Rb/Sr age Monazite dating SHRIMP Zircon dating Rb-Sr age SHRIMP Zircon dating U-Pb Zircon age Pb-Pb Zircon age Ar-Ar ages SHRIMP dating Ar-Ar ages U-Pb and 40Ar/39Ar U-Pb Zircon age Rb-Sr age SHRIMP Zircon dating Zircon age Whole Rock Rb-Sr age SHRIMP Zircon age Single zircon age Rb-Sr age Biotite mineral isochron Ar-Ar, Hb crystallization Meert et al. (2013) Dharma Rao et al. (2013) Volpe and Macdougall (1990) Purohit et al. (2012) Deb et al. (2001) Dharma Rao et al. (2013) Singh et al. (2010) Choudhary et al. (1984) Pandit et al. (2003) Tobisch et al. (1994) Tiwana et al. (2019) Gopalan et al. (1979) Just et al. (2011) Singh et al. (2010) Choudhary et al. (1984) Singh et al. (2010) Deb et al. (2001) Purohit et al. (2012) Murao et al. (2000) Dharma Rao et al. (2013) Murao et at. (2000) Meert et al. (2013) Van Lente et al. (2009) Choudhary et al. (1984) Dharma Rao et al. (2013) Dharma Rao et al. (2012) Sarkar et al. (1992) Singh et al. (2010) Roy et al. (2005) Crawford (1975) Crawford (1975) Ashwal et al. (2013) 878 ± 9 Ma 1634 ± 22 Ma 982 ± 3 Ma 992 ± 12 Ma, 946 ± 18 Ma 270 ± 12 Ma 1611 Ma 865 − 846 Ma 81a − 680 Ma 588 Ma Zircon, SHRIMP Zircon, SHRIMP Zircon, SHRIMP Zircon, SHRIMP Zircon, SHRIMP Zircon, SHRIMP Monazite dating Monazite dating Monazite dating Monazite dating Intrusion, Age of D1 Basement metamorphism Intrusion Intrusion Intrusion Pb-loss zones. Large scale structures were interpreted with the help of structural cross sections. Mica schist and calcareous schist are the major metasedimentary units in the area (Figures 2B,C). The mica schist is marked by close spaced schistosity (S1) (Figures 3A,B) and calcareous schist contains rib structure produced by differential weathering between carbonate layer and silicate layers (Figures 3C–H). The calcareous schist grades into impure marble and calcareous quartzite. The impure marble carries bedding parallel epidote-garnet skarnoid bands as at Rupnagar (Figure 3D). Metaconglomerate formation having width ranging from m to 10 m occurs within mica schist, in the west of Babra (Figure 2B). The metaconglomerate consists of alternate mica schist and quartzite layers with several ellipsoidal quartzite and granite pebbles (Figures 3I,J). The Phulad thrust passes along the metaconglomerate formation and converted the rock into a micaceous mylonite. The pebbles and quartzite layers Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org References within the thrust are ﬂattened and stretched down-dip, forming boudin, mullion, and rodding structures. Further, meter scale slivers of basement pelitic-gneissic rocks (Figure 3K) occur within the thrust zone; they carry garnet, tourmaline, quartzofeldspathic pockets, and sillimanite needles visible on the schistosity surface. Concordant bands of metarhyolite and amphibolite occur within mica schist and calcareous schist (thickness varying from few cm to m) near Rupnagar and Babra (Figures 2B,C, 3L,M). These rocks are marked by ﬂow layers (S0) and ﬁlled-in vesicles (Figure 3M). Several deformed granite plutons occur in the area, namely, Sendra, Chang, Pratapgarh, Sumel, and Sewariya plutons (Figures 2A–C). Heron (1953) included all of them within Erinpura granite while later workers (Bhattacharjee et al., 1993; Gupta et al., 1997; Pandit et al., 2003) classiﬁed them 5 February 2021 | Volume 8 | Article 594355 Singh et al. Age of South Delhi Orogeny FIGURE 2 | (A) Geological map of the SDT around Beawar-Rupnagar-Babra; pre-Delhi gneiss outcrop exposed around Beawar, called Beawar gneiss, divides the SDT into NW and SE syncline. The study areas (marked by polygons) lie in the NW syncline around Babra and Rupnagar. (B) Geological map of the area west of Babra. (C) Geological map of the area west of Rupnagar. (D–G) Stereoplots of the S1 fabric, F1-F2 axis, stretching lineation. (H–I) Geological cross sections. Sample locations are marked in the geological map, PT: Pratapgarh thrust, RT: Rupnagar thrust Geological Setting of the Study Area-Present Study. plagioclase, and K-feldspar minerals (Figure 3R). It is coplanar with S1 fabric albeit the S1 fabric anastomoses around the coarse grains of feldspar and quartz. The pluton exhibits an increase in intensity of deformation from core to the margin. The granite converts to a quartzofeldspathic gneiss near the host rock contact (Figure 3R). The pluton and host rock fabric are coupled as the Sm parallel S1 fabric in the granite is coplanar with the S1 fabric in the host rock and together participated in subsequent folding. This evidences the syntectonic emplacement of granite with D1 deformation (cf. Vernon et al., 1989; Bouchez et al., 1990; Miller and Paterson, 1994; Paterson et al., 1998; Buttner, 1999; Biswal et al., 2007). Such gneisses occur at several places, e.g., Kalakot, Bar, and Babra, which were earlier identiﬁed as pre-Delhi gneiss (Figure 2A, Heron, 1953). At Bar (near Makarwali village, Figure 2A), there is a spectacular gradation of mica schist into granite gneiss. The mica schist contains quartzofeldspathic layers derived from lit-par-lit injection of Sewariya granite pluton; the into Sendra granite (Sendra, Chang, Pratapgarh, and Sumel pluton) and Erinpura granite (Sewariya pluton). Field relation suggests that the Sewariya granite is the youngest as its apophyses crosscut the metasediments as well as other granite plutons (Figures 3F,N). The Pratapgarh and Sumel plutons are coarse grained with prominent NE-SW trending S1 fabric; it carries several metasedimentary and metavolcanic roof pendants and xenoliths which are folded and metamorphosed along with the pluton (Figure 3N). Sewariya pluton occurs as a linear body in the western part of the area (Figures 2A,b) containing magmatic/ semimagmatic (Sm) and solid state deformation fabric, S1 (Figures 3O,Q). Tourmalines are segregated into ellipsoidal to ribbon shape pockets (Figure 3R-inset 1) and amphibolite-mica schist xenoliths are more common in the central part of the Sewariya granite (Figure 3R-inset 2). The pluton shows distinct textural variation from core to the margin (Figure 3R). The core part of the pluton is characterized by magmatic/submagmatic fabric (Sm) due to shape preferred alignment of quartz, Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org 6 February 2021 | Volume 8 | Article 594355 Singh et al. Age of South Delhi Orogeny FIGURE 3 | (A) Mica schist, showing hinge zone of a large scale F1 fold, S1 fabric (scale parallel) is developed parallel to the axial plane of the fold, S1 fabric crosscut the S0 (bedding, color bandings), subhorizontal view, Rupnagar. (B) Mica schist showing crenulation cleavage (scale parallel) due to folding of S1 by upright F2, Rupnagar. (C) Calc schist showing recumbent F1 fold (coins at the F1 hinge), vertical view, Pratapgarh. (D) Epidote (Ep) garnet (Grt) skarnoid near Rupnagar. (E) Calc schist/impure marble showing upright F2 fold, having axial plane parallel shear (NW vergence thrust, scale parallel), vertical view, Rupnagar. (F) Calc schist with Sewariya granite vein, folded by NNW-SSE trending F3 fold (scale parallel), horizontal view, Pratapgarh. (G) Dome structure (type 1) due to interference between NE trending F2 and NW trending F3 folds, in calc schist, vertical view near Pratapgarh. (H) Crude type 2 int pattern due to F3 (scale parallel) superimposed on F1 near Rupnagar. (I) Metaconglomerate formation, sheared at the center, S-C fabric has small internal angle (15°), NW vergence thrusting, vertical view, Babra. (J) Mylonite surface, subvertical stretching lineation (hammer parallel) and low plunging intersection lineation (scale parallel), vertical view, Babra. (K) Garnet, staurolite, sillimanite bearing pockets within metaconglomerate, horizontal view, Babra. (L) Alternate metarhyolite (pink colored) and amphibolite layers (green colored), vertical view, Rupnagar. (M) Amphibolite carrying vesicles (white pockets), vertical view, Rupnagar. (N) Pratapgarh granite course grained (PG), intruded by Sewariya granite vein (SG), horizontal view, near Pratapgarh. (O) Sewariya granite from the core of the pluton showing magmatic fabric Sm, pen parallel, west of Babra. (P) Faulted rock along Chang fault, north of Rupnagar, brittle fractures (Fr) are present along which thin pegmatite veins are present (PV). (Q) Sewariya granite with solid state deformation fabric, S1, close to the host rock contact. (R) Landscape view of Sewariya granite near Babra, on the NW side, in the core of the pluton, magmatic/submagmatic fabric, Sm, is more prominent and in the SE side near mica schist contact, solid state S1 fabric is more prominent (scale parallel) (width of the photograph 2 km). Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org 7 February 2021 | Volume 8 | Article 594355 Singh et al. Age of South Delhi Orogeny dimension of the euhedral plagioclase and K-feldspar crystals (Figure 4L). Some grains are oriented at an angle probably due to lack of space for rotation during ﬂow of magma (cf. Bouchez et al., 1990). Under microscope the twin planes of these minerals are oriented parallel to the Sm. The K-feldspar and plagioclase phenocrysts contain mica inclusions in mutually perpendicular orientation, one parallel to cleavage and the other perpendicular to it (Figure 4M). Surrounding the feldspar phenocrysts, smaller quartz grains are dynamically recrystallized, which are characterized by chess board twinning and grain boundary migration. Plagioclase and K-feldspar occasionally show dynamic recrystallization into smaller grains (Figure 4N). Toward the margin of the pluton, the rock exhibits increase in degree of dynamic recrystallization and segregation into alternate quartzofeldspathic and mica rich bands (Figures 4O,P). Smaller grains of plagioclase, K-feldspar, and quartz are developed out of such dynamic recrystallization; quartz shows chess board twinning; all these features indicate higher temperature of deformation at about 650–700 °C (cf. Stipp et al., 2002; Passchier and Trouw, 2005). quartzofeldspathic layers increase in number and thickness and grade into granite gneiss. Textural Study Mica schist contains alternate thin quartzofeldspathic and micaceous bands, and the muscovite and biotite show shape preferred orientation deﬁning the S1 fabric in the rock (Figure 4A). The calcareous schist carries layers of tremoliteactinolite with shape preferred orientation parallel to S1 (Figure 4B). Occasionally, plagioclase and epidote porphyroblasts with inclusions of tremolite and actinolite occur in the rock. The tectonic slivers within metaconglomerate contain garnet, staurolite, tourmaline, quartz, feldspar, and ± sillimanite assemblage (Figure 4C). Along the thrusts, micaceous mylonite is developed that contains quartz ribbons which are recrystallized into smaller grains (Figure 4D). Further, the tectonic slivers show tailed garnet and staurolite grains (Figures 4E,F) and the rock shows retrogression of sillimanite to muscovite and staurolite to biotite (Figure 4E). The metarhyolite comprises quartz (40–50%), plagioclase (30–40%), hornblende, and epidote; the grain size varies between 100 and 120 µm (Figure 4H). Hornblende is euhedral and shows shape preferred orientation parallel to S1 fabric. Epidote is produced from retrogression of hornblende during shearing (Figure 4G). Plagioclase retains its euhedral shape characteristic of magmatic origin. Quartz is subrounded and show bulging grain margin indicating low temperature dynamic recrystallization. Amphibolite shows granoblastic to well-foliated character (with S1 fabric) and contains hornblende-epidote-biotite-quartz-plagioclase minerals (Figure 4I). The Pratapgarh pluton is coarse grained containing microcline, quartz, and plagioclase that show an equigranular mosaic (grain size 450–500 µm) (Figure 4J). Biotite, muscovite, and rare garnet, sillimanite, and tourmaline are present in the rock; garnet and sillimanite represent the undigested phases. Microcline and plagioclase maintain euhedral shape, and the polysynthetic lamella in plagioclase is in random orientation to suggest the absence of any magmatic fabric in the rock. However, the rock shows low temperature deformation fabric indicated by bulging recrystallization of quartz and shape preferred orientation of mica minerals parallel to S1 fabric. The Sumel pluton is inequigranular, coarse grained, and porphyritic containing plagioclase phenocrysts in the groundmass of K-feldspar, quartz, tourmaline, and biotite. Plagioclase still preserves euhedral shape indicating magmatic origin (Figure 4K). Biotite shows shape preferred orientation deﬁning deformation fabric (S1) in the rock. The pluton is marked by N-S trending pegmatite veins intruded along fractures and ductile shear zones. Absence of magmatic fabric and development of greenschist facies deformation fabric (S1) similar to the metasediments point toward pre-D1 intrusion of these plutons. The Sewariya granite is coarse grained and consists of quartz, K-feldspar, plagioclase, muscovite, biotite, and tourmaline. The magmatic/submagmatic fabric Sm is best visible on the polished surface of the sample, having been deﬁned by alignment of longer Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org Structures Three stages of ductile deformation (D1-3) and one stage of brittle deformation (D4) affected the rocks. The D1 deformation produced cm to m scale NE-SW axial oriented tight to isoclinal recumbent/reclined to upright F1 folds (Figures 3A,C). These are developed not only in the metasediments but in the amphibolite, metarhyolite, and granite also. Due to syn-D1 greenschist facies metamorphism (M1), pervasive F1 axial planar schistosity (S1, Figures 3A,B) and intersection lineation between bedding and S1 fabric (Figure 3A) are developed in all the rock types. The D2 deformation developed cm to 10 m scale NE-SW trending upright F2 folds (Figures 3B,E) coaxially with the F1 (type 3 interference pattern, Ramsay, 1967). Crenulation cleavage and pucker axes associate with the F2 fold (Figures 3B and 4B) and axial planar thrusts were developed (Figure 3D). The F2 fold bears testimony of buckling (parallel folding, disharmonic folding, etc., Figure 3B) and was ascribed to a NW-SE horizontal compression during D2. The D3 developed m to 10 m scale NW-SE to N-S trending F3 folds, attributed to NESW shortening of the orogen (Figure 3F). Type 1 (Figure 3G) and type 2 interference patterns (Figure 3H) were produced due to superposition of F 3 on the F2 and F1 folds, respectively. Ductile deformation was followed by brittle deformation (D4 ) which is represented by N-S and NNE-SSW brittle fractures; late-stage pegmatite veins intrude the fractures at places (Figure 3P). Several NE-SW trending F1 folds are mapped in the metarhyolite-amphibolite-calc schist sequence to the north of Rupnagar (Figure 2C and proﬁle section Figure 2I); the S1 fabric crosscut the litho-units at the F1 hinge zone. The F1 axial planes are refolded by NW-SE trending F3 fold to produce type 2 interference pattern in map scale. Further, to the west of Rupnagar, the F1 folds in marble-metarhyolite-amphibolite sequence are refolded by an F2 fold producing type 3 interference pattern which is indicated by girdle distribution of S1 fabric in stereoplot; the β axis lies in ESE direction (Figure 2G). 8 February 2021 | Volume 8 | Article 594355 Singh et al. Age of South Delhi Orogeny FIGURE 4 | Photomicrographs: (A) Mica schist with alternate muscovite + biotite and quartz rich layers, parallel to S1. (B) Calc schist with tremolite, arranged parallel to S1, the S1 is folded by F2 fold. (C) Garnet (Grt), staurolite (St), sillimanite (Sil), and tourmaline (Tur) assemblage in pelitic gneiss-tectonic slivers within metaconglomerate formation. Due to shearing along Phulad thrust, garnets show rotation in top-to-NW reverse sense. (D) Mica mylonite from Pratapgarh thrust, the quartz (Qtz) shows dynamic recrystallization, S fabric is indicated by long axis of the quartz, top-to-NW reverse sense of shearing, S^C is nearly 60° suggesting volume gain. (E) Staurolite changing to biotite (Bt) during shearing, Biotite is grown in the strain shadow of the staurolite porphyroclast, top-to-NW reverse sense of shearing. (F) Garnet porphyroclasts in the Phulad thrust show top-to-NW reverse slip, biotite develops in the tail of the porphyroclast, relict sillimanite (Sil) is present. (G) (Continued ) Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org 9 February 2021 | Volume 8 | Article 594355 Singh et al. Age of South Delhi Orogeny FIGURE 4 | Epidote-biotite mylonite developed on metarhyolite, along Rupnagar thrust, top-to-NW shearing, inset shows detailed view of the biotite ﬁsh that indicates NW vergence shearing. (H) Rupnagar metarhyolite, medium grained, quartz shows bulging, magmatic hornblende (Hbl), plagioclase (Pl) are preserved. (I) Amphibolite with hornblende porphyroblast (Hbl) and biotite. (J) Pratapgarh granite coarse grained preserves magmatic microcline (Mc) and plagioclase (Pl). (K) Sumel pluton shows coarse grained, plagioclase (Pl) shows magmatic habit, quartz shows undulose extinction. (L) Sewariya granite, polished sample, Feldspar (Fsp) grains show magmatic fabric (Sm). (M) Thin section prepared from sample l, coarse plagioclase contains biotite inclusions, surrounding quartz grains show chess board extinction. (N) Thin section of Sewariya granite shows dynamic recrystallization of quartz, feldspar, and plagioclase surrounding coarse plagioclase grain. (O) Polished hand specimen of gneissic part of Sewariya granite close to country rock, solid state fabric S1. (P) Thin section of the sample o, solid state fabric S1 is prominent, mica (Mc) recrystallized parallel to it. Quartz (Qtz), K-feldspar (Fsp), and plagioclase (Pl) are dynamically recrystallized. Quartz shows chess board extinction. as symmetrical-drawn boudins to asymmetrical-shear boudins (cf. Goscombe et al., 2004) suggesting effect of vertical shearing in the formation of boudin structures. As the boudins are detached both horizontally and vertically, they can be termed as chocolate boudins (Ghosh, 1988). Vertical shearing with large component of pure shear component during D2-thrusting has ﬂattened the boudins and pebbles and made them near parallel to the mylonitic foliation (Figure 3I, Dasgupta et al., 2012). A low plunging intersection lineation between S and C fabric is developed on C-surface in a few instances (Figure 3J). The lensoidal quartz aggregates show dynamic recrystallization of quartz grains by subgrain rotation; the quartz grains are oriented at an angle to the mylonitic foliation (C). Temperature of deformation is around 450°C (e.g., Stipp et al., 2002). Lensoidal quartz aggregates, mica ﬁshes, and S-C fabric on the XZ section of the mylonites indicate top-to-NW sense of thrust-slip kinematics (Figure 3I). The upper amphibolite grade tectonic slivers contain several rounded garnet and tourmaline grains. Garnet contains quartz-biotite inclusion trails (Figure 4C). The orientation of such inclusion trails varies from grain to grain suggesting variable amount of rotation of host garnet grains during D2 shearing. Sillimanite and staurolite grains are retrogressed during shearing to muscovite and biotite to form porphyroclastic tail in the strain shadow zone of the garnet (Figures 4C,E,F). The sigma type garnet porphyroclasts indicate top-to-NW vergence thrusting (Figures 4C,E–G). In addition, a pair of thrusts occurs on western and eastern edge of the Pratapgarh granite pluton, both jointly named as Pratapgarh thrust. The western thrust passes through the mica schist. The lensoidal aggregate contains dynamically recrystallized quartz grains (Figure 4D). These grains show top-to-NW thrust sense of shear. The S fabric is at high angle (60°) to C fabric, which suggests there is volume gain during thrusting due to ﬂuid injection (e.g., Ramsay and Huber, 1987). Rupnagar thrust occurs on the eastern edge of the metarhyolite formation (Figure 2A). The metarhyolite is sheared and produced muscovite-biotitequartz-epidote assemblage. The mylonite contains SE plunging stretching lineations, and the S-C fabric indicates top-to-NW thrusting (Figure 4G). In addition to these ductile shear zone, brittle fault, namely, Chang fault, occurs at the contact between the pre-Delhi granite gneiss and metasedimentary sequence east of Rupnagar and Babra fault, west of Babra. The fault zone is marked by crushed rock of the amphibolite and marble (Figure 3P). The F1-F2 axes are rotated from NE direction toward ESE direction by the F3 fold. Further, F2 folds are present to the NE of Ratariya and Pratapgarh in the calc and mica schist units; the core of the fold is occupied by the Pratapgarh granite pluton (proﬁle section Figure 2I). The F1 fold and S1 fabric in metasediments as well as in the granite are refolded around the hinge zone of the F2 fold. The axis of the fold is oriented toward SSW as indicated by the β axis in stereoplot (Figures 2E,F). The lineation plots do not coincide with the β axis suggesting that the lineations are rotated to a large extent by the F3 fold. The entire structure surrounding the Pratapgarh pluton represents dome and basin structure in large scale. In addition, the mica schist amphibolite sequence describes large scale F2 fold with NNE-SSW trending β axis to the west of Babra (Figure 2D, structural proﬁle Figure 2H). The stereoplot shows an incomplete girdle suggesting either F2 hinges are too tight or they are obliterated by thrusting. The lineations in the stereoplot show concentration in NE as well as SW quadrant indicating plunge reversal due to the F3 folding. In this domain, the Sewariya pluton is marked by F1 fold and S1 fabric. The S1 fabric remains parallel with the litho-contact between the pluton and mica schist as well as the S1 within mica schist. In both the mapped areas, west of Babra as well as around Rupnagar (Figures 2B,C), the litho-units are marked by multiple phases of folding; coaxial folding is predominant. Therefore, the S1 fabric shows girdle distribution in stereoplots (Figures 2D–G). But the proﬁle sections (Figures 2H,I) show uniform dip toward SE. This is interpreted as due to the effect of NW verging thrusts on large scale structure of the area. Further, the map depicts large scale D2 thrusts at several localities, in form a retro-wedge thrust belt (Sections A-B and C-D, Figures 2H,I, cf. Naylor and Sinclair, 2008). The most prominent amongst them is Phulad thrust passing along the metaconglomerate-mica schist formations west of Babra (Figure 2A). The thrust is marked by quartz-biotite mylonite with crudely deﬁned S-C fabric (Figure 3I). The mylonitic foliation dips to SE and the stretching lineation is nearly down-dip (Figure 2D, 3J). The stretching lineation is deﬁned by muscovite and biotite minerals. The conglomerate pebbles are stretched parallel to stretching lineation. Apart from that, large number of boudins (Figure 3I), mullions, and rodding of quartzite, granite, and gneisses associate with stretched pebbles. These boudins are long drawn out on both vertical and horizontal section; vertical stretched axis is 5–10 times longer than the horizontal stretched axis. Though the boudin long axes are parallel with the mylonitic foliation, these are tilted with a smaller angle with mylonitic foliation (∼15°) nearly in more than 50% of cases (Figure 3I). The boudins can be classiﬁed Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org Metamorphism The rock types show greenschist facies metamorphism. Mica schist and calcareous schist contain muscovite, biotite, 10 February 2021 | Volume 8 | Article 594355 Singh et al. Age of South Delhi Orogeny tremolite-actinolite, and epidote minerals characteristic of greenschist facies assemblage (Figures 4A,B). Interbedded metarhyolite contains quartz grains which show bulging; plagioclase and K-feldspar still preserve magmatic habit (Figure 4H); the amphibolite band consists of hornblende, albite, and epidote (Figure 4I). Pratapgarh-Sumel granite shows growth of mica and grain boundary migration in quartz; feldspar retains magmatic habit (Figure 4J). All these corroborate to greenschist facies of metamorphism that represents the peak metamorphism in the area (M1) syntectonic with the D1 deformation. The Sewariya granite shows dynamic recrystallization of plagioclase and K-feldspar (Figures 4M,N,P) indicating higher temperature of metamorphism (M1), nearly 700°C (Pryer, 1993; Kruhl, 1996; Rosenberg and Stuniz, 2003), but under similar pressure condition as greenschist facies. The D2-D3 indicates greenschist facies metamorphic condition. This is indicated by the crystallization of mica along the axial plane of the folds. The pelitic gneiss slivers within metaconglomerate show upper amphibolite facies metamorphism as they contain garnet-staurolite-tourmaline-quartz-feldspar-sillimanite assemblage (Figures 4C,E,F). During D2 shearing, ﬂuid activity along the thrust retrograded sillimanite to muscovite, staurolite to biotite, and hornblende to epidote (Figures 4E–G). et al., 2006). As the closure temperature of monazite for Th-Utotal Pb is ca. 800 °C, each domain retains its age of formation and can be used as geochronometer (Cherniak et al., 2004; Cherniak and Pyle, 2008). Geochemistry Geochemistry of granite and metarhyolite was carried out with 15 samples collected at 100 m interval across the strike of the pluton (Figures 2B,C). Major elements were analyzed for all samples; however, trace element for seven samples was carried out in an ICP-AES (ARCOS, Simultaneous ICP Spectrometer) at the Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, adopting the following procedure, and discriminatory diagrams were plotted (Table 2, Figure 5). A 0.25 g of powdered sample was fused with 0.75 g lithium metaborate and 0.50 g lithium tetraborate in platinum crucibles at a temperature of 1,050°C in a mufﬂe furnace. After cooling, the crucible was immersed in 80 ml of 1 M HCl contained in a 150 ml glass beaker and then magnetically stirred until the fusion bead dissolved completely. Then the sample volume was made up to 100 ml in a standard volumetric ﬂask. The same procedure was adopted to make standard solutions and blank sample. The standards used for the analyses include BIR-1 (Basalt), BHVO-2 (Basalt), BCR-2 (Basalt), AGV-2 (Andesite), and GSP-2 (Granodiorite) (USGS Reference standards, 2005). Major and trace elements and LOI were estimated from the above solution by ICP-emission spectrometry. MATERIALS AND METHOD FOR GEOCHEMISTRY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY Principle Zircon U-Pb Geochronology Geochronology, geochemistry, and tectonic fabric of a granite serve as important proxies for dating an orogeny. For example, rifting of continent creates synsedimentary bimodal volcanism and granite intrusion in the basin (e.g., New England Orogen, Allen et al., 1998; Liu and Han, 2019). Further, when the basin closes through subduction/collision the rocks undergo high grade metamorphism and melting at depth producing synorogenic granites (Finnacca et al., 2019). Postorogeny granite is emplaced in extensional setting (Pearce, 1996; Zhang et al., 2018). Granites intruding at different period of orogenesis are distinguished by their geochemical signature and tectonic fabric. For instance, the preorogenic granite reﬂects extensional or rift setting geochemistry and it undergoes ductile deformation recording multiple solid state deformation fabric during orogenesis. Synorogenic granite shows S type geochemistry and contains magmatic/semimagmatic fabric coupled with solid state deformation fabric (Bouchez et al., 1990; Chappell and White, 1992; Paterson et al., 1998). Postorogenic granite lacks solid state deformation fabric. The granites are dated by zircon geochronology because zircon has the higher closure temperature to U-Th -Pb system (>900°C.; Dahl, 1997; Cherniak and Watson, 2001). However, zircon cannot reset the age in response to low temperature shearing. For dating ﬂuid induced low temperature deformation, monazite geochronology is most suitable. Monazite crystallizes in response to ﬂuid activity (alkali rich) at different period of deformation and develops compositional domains corresponding to each phase of growth (Williams and Jercinovic, 2002; Pyle et al., 2003; Foster et al., 2004; Mahan Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org Zircon geochronology is performed on four granite and metarhyolite samples, collected one from each pluton (Sewariya pluton, near Bar, Figure 2A, Sample No TKB-1; Rupnagar metarhyolite, Sample No TKB-2; Pratapgarh pluton, Sample No TKB-3; Sumel pluton, Sample No TKB-4, Figures 2B,C). Textural study of zircon was carried out on CL images (Figure 6). Magmatic zircon was distinguished by its euhedral shape with rings, from xenocrystic zircon that has irregular geometry (Biswal et al., 2007). A U-Pb isotope of the zircon was estimated on the SHRIMP ion microprobe at the John de Laeter Center for Mass Spectrometry at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. Zircon of all shapes and sizes was handpicked and mounted in epoxy resin together with natural zircon standard BR266 (Stern, 2001), TEMORA-2 (Black et al., 2003, 2004), and CZ3 (Pidgeon et al., 1994). The samples were loaded in the SHRIMP sample lock 24 h prior to analysis and pumped to ∼5 × 10–7 Torr to allow degassing. Analytical procedure of the SHRIMP follows methods as described in detail by Claoue-Long (1994). Working conditions for both sessions included a primary beam current of 2–3 nA, slightly elliptical spot size of ∼25–30 μm, the sensitivity of >20 counts per ppm Pb and per nA primary beam current, and a mass resolution of >4,500. Measurements were conducted on Zr2O+, 204Pb+, background, 206Pb+, 207Pb+, 208Pb+, 238U+, 232ThO+, and 238UO2 + in sets of six scans, with a total analysis time of about 15 min per sample spot. Analyses of unknown and BR266 standard zircon were interspersed at a ratio 3:1, allowing calibration of 238U/206Pb 11 February 2021 | Volume 8 | Article 594355 TKB12 LOCATION 12 TKB14 TKB16 TKB17 1G2 Rupnagar metarhyolite 2G2 3G2 4G2 5G2 SP1 SP3 Pratapgarh granite SP4 SP5 SP6 Sewariya granite 78.126 0.126 10.688 0.91 0.017 0.244 0.479 4.533 3.868 0.008 0.43 99.429 70.652 0.27 15.832 0.855 0.017 0.304 0.338 4.328 6.394 0.008 0.61 99.608 70.527 0.378 15.126 0.408 0.008 0.286 1.279 5.595 5.376 0.017 0.51 99.51 76.597 0.037 11.559 0.989 0.018 0.167 0.056 5.891 3.677 0.009 0.16 99.16 74.551 0.018 12.621 0.731 0.009 0.157 0.129 5.599 5.174 0.009 0.11 99.108 75.512 0.038 12.835 0.674 0.052 0.058 0.792 3.751 4.928 0.012 0.26 98.912 75.683 0.044 12.266 0.921 0.057 0.055 0.772 3.812 4.537 0.011 0.14 98.298 76.523 0.033 12.48 0.585 0.043 0.051 0.797 3.928 4.377 0.011 0.36 99.188 76.318 0.032 12.589 0.519 0.047 0.05 0.806 3.834 4.756 0.01 0.11 99.071 75.316 0.034 12.872 0.759 0.053 0.044 0.758 3.853 4.779 0.013 0.28 98.761 75.476 0.09 12.786 0.813 0.023 0.196 0.533 2.762 5.543 0.151 0.53 98.903 73.318 0.249 13.733 1.038 0.033 0.571 1.612 3.178 4.022 0.17 0.54 98.464 75.827 0.139 12.452 0.74 0.024 0.219 0.822 2.847 5.274 0.173 0.47 98.987 76.296 0.14 12.247 0.975 0.016 0.215 0.466 2.165 5.406 0.121 0.99 99.037 78.683 0.176 10.814 0.921 0.03 0.284 0.686 2.497 3.922 0.144 0.47 98.627 37.88752 0 0.443306 2.632737 1.289501 0.263727 0 33.43823 22.87025 0 0.023169 0.042783 0 0 0 0 98.89123 0.917054 0.853185 1.171923 10.99853 0 0 1.698851 0.591337 0.607271 0.473099 34.71066 49.58176 0 0.023169 0.042783 0 0 0.272796 0 99.00026 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! 0.676885 15.53595 0.256329 0 0 1.558147 0.904838 0 47.38544 31.79379 1.117903 0.046339 0.021391 0 0 0.41 0 99.03013 1.005838 0.870921 1.040737 33.06094 0 1.772851 2.864186 0.133484 0.042878 0.361549 38.97099 21.74742 0 0.023169 0.042783 0 0 0 0 99.02026 0.844858 0.838606 1.602121 27.45183 0 2.062275 2.111976 0.427471 0.021439 0.200356 36.12746 30.55276 0 0.023169 0.021391 0 0 0 0 99.00013 0.851298 0.838016 1.082141 33.12 0 0 0 0 0 0.07 35.37 29.13 0 0.02 0.08 0 0 0.64 0.05 98.48 1.114304 0.99028 0.761161 34.6 0 0 0 0.32 0 0 35.21 26.83 0.16 0.02 0.08 0 0 0.86 0.08 98.16 1.095718 0.973444 0.840203 35.23 0 0 0 0.27 0 0 36.73 25.88 0.03 0.02 0.06 0 0 0.56 0.04 98.82 1.113122 0.985519 0.897418 34.23 0 0 0 0.27 0 0 35.51 28.13 0.21 0.02 0.06 0 0 0.47 0.08 98.98 1.09772 0.973147 0.80614 32.97 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 36.28 28.25 0 0.02 0.06 0 0 0.71 0.08 98.47 1.116922 0.99743 0.806236 37.21 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 25 32.74 0 0.35 0.04 1.65 0.07 0.81 0 98.37 1.210947 1.108981 0.498286 35.62 0 0 0 0 0 1.42 33.78 23.76 0 0.39 0.06 1.63 0.22 1.04 0 97.92 1.431621 1.096118 0.790154 37.48 0 0 0 0 0 0.55 27.07 31.14 0 0.39 0.04 0.97 0.12 0.74 0 98.5 1.196545 1.046049 0.539818 41.98 0 0 0 0 0 0.55 19.91 31.97 0 0.28 0.04 2.26 0.12 0.98 0 98.09 1.299022 1.191731 0.400481 47.64 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 23.66 23.17 0 0.32 0.06 1.53 0.15 0.92 0 98.15 1.29296 1.124905 0.636665 7.384 285.071 0 182.216 126.639 96.495 74.883 70.464 386.648 13.125 574.892 24.9 46.218 9.284 332.427 162.717 112.515 138.276 205.082 162.463 74.695 638.98 12.021 1,498.938 30.258 34.162 8.776 188.665 0 199.345 0 122.232 170.489 50.537 670.185 11.862 1,115.323 14.419 12.442 10.555 259.347 0 0 0 103.374 4.963 69.944 100.038 12.069 453.445 5.881 9.52 5.775 166.635 55.31 0 0 142.536 5.551 37.433 76.231 11.659 599.166 5.722 2.782 3.221 ND ND ND 54.326 119.429 23.97 91.352 48.759 12.365 475.123 1.54 13.498 2.665 ND ND ND 41.451 122.329 16.476 82.352 51.271 12.621 475.123 1.53 12.319 3.618 ND ND ND 38.787 ND 14.568 ND 36.238 ND ND ND ND 3.599 ND ND ND 37.017 ND 17.496 ND 43.722 ND ND ND ND 3.471 ND ND ND 40.96 ND 16.526 ND 43.943 ND ND ND ND 2.445 ND ND ND 46.628 ND 11.374 ND 29.725 ND ND ND ND 4.73 ND ND ND 57.674 ND 48.241 ND 130.46 ND ND ND ND 2.823 2.793 3.461 ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND 56.232 58.329 65.825 ND ND ND 3.038 13.344 0.933 ND ND ND 59.312 69.237 92.05 ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND (Continued on following page) Age of South Delhi Orogeny February 2021 | Volume 8 | Article 594355 SiO2 TiO2 Al2O3 Fe2O3(t) MnO MgO CaO Na2O K2O P2O5 LOI SUM CIPW Quartz Anorthite Na2SiO3 Acmite Diopside Sphene Hypersthene Albite Orthoclase Wollastonite Apatite Ilmenite Corundum Rutile Hematite Magnetite SUM A/NK A/CNK Na2O/K2O Trace elements Sc Cr Ni Cu Zn Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Ba Th La TKB13 Singh et al. Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org TABLE 2 | Major element geochemistry of the granites. Few samples have been analyzed for trace elements. LOI is negligible (<0.001%). ratios and U content using an age of 559 Ma and U content of 909 ppm (Stern, 2001). TEMORA-2 and CZ3 were used as control standards and yielded 206Pb/238U ages within the error of those reported for them (Pidgeon et al., 1994; Black et al., 2003, 2004). Common Pb correction is based on measure nonradiogenic 204Pb isotope, and a common Pb composition applied following the Pb-evolution model of Stacey and Kramers (1975). Because analyses that recorded high counts on 204Pb during the ﬁrst scan were aborted, corrections are small and insensitive to the choice of common Pb composition. Nevertheless, some analyses were characterized by very low contents of U, which, combined with the relatively young age, lead to low amounts of radiogenic Pb. In these cases, proportions of common Pb can become relatively high, even though counts on 204Pb were barely above background. Because of the low signalto-noise ratio of the 204Pb signal, 204-correction suffers from imprecision particularly in these cases, and we, therefore, report uncorrected ratios in the table (Table 3) and in some cases used these uncorrected values to regress the data to common Pb and constrain an intercept age. Standard calibration errors are reported in Table 3 but were not included in single spot ages and pooled age calculations. Single spot ages are reported at the 1σ conﬁdence level, while pooled ages are reported at 95% conﬁdence (Figure 7). ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND Sewariya granite ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND SP5 ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND Monazite geochronology was carried out on monazite grains in the mica schist samples (sample location in Figures 2B,C; BSE and X-ray images in Figures 8, 9, analytical data in Table 4). Monazite developed during metamorphism of the mica schist. Either a detrital monazite was recrystallized or elements like REE, Th, U, and P present in different minerals reacted in Ca poor condition producing monazite grains (Wawrzenitz et al., 2012). Crystallization of monazite occurred along with other minerals like quartz, feldspar, and biotite. The monazite grains have equant shape and are aligned parallel to S1 fabric that results from dislocation creep, Sample No. B5 and R4 (cf. Passchier and Trouw, 2005). Subsequently, ﬂuid action along the shear zone reprecipitates the monazite by dissolution precipitation creep (e.g., Wawrzenitz et al., 2012). Those monazites are elliptical in shape and aligned parallel to the mylonitic fabric, Sample No. CG1 and B4. Further, monazites undergo reprecipitation during brittle deformation due to ﬂuid action and those monazites contain fractures. All these microfabrics of monazite in relation to host rock fabric were studied under BSE images and the events of crystallization/precipitation of monazite were identiﬁed. Nine samples were analyzed, and 194 spot analyses were performed. Finally, we presented four representative samples (CG1, B4, B5, and R4) where the monazite shape could be unequivocally correlated with a particular deformation event. We used the Cameca SX-FIVE Electron Probe Micro-Analyzer (with ﬁve WDS spectrometers including LLIF and LPET crystals) for monazite geochronology, in the Department of Earth Sciences, IIT, Bombay. The single point/average method was used for ﬁnding the dates of the monazite grains (Montel et al., 1996). The age analyses were conducted at an 46.429 31.189 9.21 7.264 10.121 0.659 9.488 2.789 13.697 3.322 10.855 1.747 10.332 170.6 0.134614 0.530299 41.874 30.256 7.64 6.12 10.491 0.981 10.676 1.984 12.654 3.189 11.298 1.894 11.255 162.631 0.11278 0.622572 Pratapgarh granite Th-U-Total Pb Monazite Geochronology 11.907 1.8 6.384 2.663 0.802 2.952 0.951 14.104 3.272 9.087 1.726 9.609 1.591 69.63 0.180173 0.067356 31.721 5.156 22.122 8.384 0.894 6.874 1.99 4.034 1.13 2.806 0.832 3.897 0.89 100.25 1.102175 0.027006 37.524 3.732 13.274 3.679 1.382 3.975 1.243 10.228 2.435 7.342 1.311 6.772 1.211 106.55 1.058644 0.08498 106.703 9.198 34.826 73.627 2.074 8.284 2.178 4.551 1.203 2.869 0.737 2.33 0.57 283.312 6.175502 0.010563 104.05 11.828 44.072 9.675 1.581 10.259 2.35 4.223 1.187 2.73 0.772 2.403 0.608 241.956 7.832698 0.037274 Rupnagar metarhyolite LOCATION Ce Pr Nd Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu Σ REE (La/Lu)N Eu/Eu* SP4 SP3 SP1 5G2 4G2 3G2 2G2 1G2 TKB17 TKB16 TKB14 TKB13 TKB12 TABLE 2 | (Continued) Major element geochemistry of the granites. Few samples have been analyzed for trace elements. LOI is negligible (<0.001%). Age of South Delhi Orogeny ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND SP6 Singh et al. Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org 13 February 2021 | Volume 8 | Article 594355 Singh et al. Age of South Delhi Orogeny FIGURE 5 | (A) A/NK vs. A/CNK plot, (B) Na2O vs. K2O, (C) TiO2 vs. Zr plot, peraluminous, meta-aluminous, peralkaline, I type, S type granite ﬁelds are after Chappell and White (1992), (D) Na2O + K2O-CaO vs. SiO2 plot, alkalic-alkali-calcic, calc-alkalic, and calcic ﬁelds are after Frost et al. (2001), (E) Rb vs. Y + Nb plot within plate, syncollisional, volcanic arc, oceanic ridge granite ﬁelds are after Pearce (1996), (F) Na2O + K2O–(CaO + MgO)*5 Fe2O3 (t) * 5 ternary plot, ﬁelds of A1, A2, rift, island arc granites are after Grebennikov (2014).The ﬁelds of Chang and Sewariya plutons in Fig. 5D and 5E are after Tiwana et al., 2019 and Ray et al. (2015), respectively. accelerating voltage of 20 keV and a 200 nA prob current with 1μm beam diameter (Wawrzenitz et al., 2012). X-ray element mapping for Ce, La, Y, Pb, Th, and U in monazite was acquired Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org with an accelerating voltage of 20 keV, beam current of 100 nA, and spatial resolution of 1–3 μm/pixel dwell times varying between 50 and 80 ms/pixel. Both natural and synthetic glass 14 February 2021 | Volume 8 | Article 594355 Singh et al. Age of South Delhi Orogeny FIGURE 6 | CL images of zircon, sample numbers TKB-1, TKB-2, TKB-3, and TKB-4. standards were used in calibrating major and trace elements in monazite. PbMa, ThMa, and UMb spectral lines were calibrated with crocoite (PbCrO4), Th glass (ThO2-5 wt.%), and U glass (UO2-5 wt.%) standards and simultaneously analyzed in two spectrometers for 240, 160, and 160 s, respectively, using subcounting methodology (cf. Spear and Wark, 2009; Prabhakar, 2013). The total counts of PbMa were acquired in the exponential mode to better deﬁne the distantly located background positions (Jercinovic and Williams, 2005; Jercinovic et al., 2008; Spear and Wark, 2009; Gonçalves et al., 2016). Background values for Th, U, Pb, and K are calculated from a nonlinear regression of high-precision wavelength dispersive scans (Jercinovic et al., 2008; Williams et al., 2006). Background values for the rest of the elements are based on linear interpolation of intensities between paired off-peak wavelength positions. The matrix effects (ZAF) were reduced with X-PHI Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org method (Merlet, 1992). The signiﬁcant peak interference of ThM2-O4, ThMζ1, ThMζ2, YLC2, YLC3, and LaLa on PbMa and ThMc and ThM3-N4 on UMb was corrected during quantiﬁcation following the values given in Supplementary Table S1 (Tiwari and Biswal, 2019a). More details on monazite dating protocol and interference corrections were outlined by Pant et al. (2009), Prabhakar (2013), Deshmukh et al. (2017), Chatterjee et al. (2017), Pandey et al. (2013), and Tiwari and Biswal, (2019a). By applying these conditions, detection limit was achieved as 100 ppm for Th, 110 ppm for U, and 80 ppm for Pb. BSE images and X-ray mapping of all monazite grains in individual samples were documented. Individual domains were identiﬁed from such images, and two to three points in each domain were chemically analyzed (Table 4). PbO vs. ThO2* diagram plotted (ThO2* measured ThO2 plus ThO2 equivalent 15 February 2021 | Volume 8 | Article 594355 Spot 16 ppm (U) Ppm (Th) 232Th/ 238U ±% 206Pb/ 238U (Age) 207Pb/ 206Pb (Age) 208Pb/ 232Th (Age) 0.06 0.09 0.45 0.06 2.02 1.49 0.15 0.13 0.37 0.00 0.09 0.09 0.33 0.15 0.28 0.10 0.08 296 190 170 151 250 287 292 132 300 127 184 434 213 118 187 162 193 86 56 101 55 94 470 137 72 70 101 61 209 117 60 88 83 78 0.30 0.30 0.61 0.38 0.39 1.69 0.49 0.56 0.24 0.82 0.34 0.50 0.57 0.53 0.49 0.53 0.42 0.88 1.11 0.34 0.42 7.65 2.85 0.82 0.39 1.13 4.14 0.39 1.39 6.25 0.47 1.06 0.36 0.33 895 881 887 882 832 744 885 873 857 885 879 1,619 849 874 884 884 879 ±18 ±18 ±18 ±18 ±21 ±16 ±17 ±23 ±20 ±22 ±18 ±32 ±17 ±18 ±21 ±18 ±18 897 874 793 888 954 929 879 793 880 874 910 1,634 873 902 844 899 887 ±23 ±30 ±49 ±32 ±180 ±69 ±27 ±40 ±36 ±33 ±30 ±11 ±38 ±42 ±54 ±32 ±28 892 920 841 889 664 501 868 846 872 913 886 1,497 308 883 872 887 864 0.14 0.41 0.04 0.35 0.13 0.16 0.03 0.18 0.13 0.01 0.26 0.03 – 0.06 9.51 0.29 0.36 0.12 0.03 0.81 -0.05 0.06 0.06 157 115 197 151 207 330 206 195 355 483 283 230 443 198 158 149 307 220 193 373787 292 137 230 386 147 101 185 134 346 355 212 227 472 681 367 207 512 194 139 113 239 226 183 2E+06 301 107 223 427 0.97 0.9 0.97 0.92 1.73 1.11 1.06 1.2 1.38 1.46 1.34 0.93 1.19 1.01 0.91 0.79 0.8 1.06 0.98 5.23 1.06 0.81 1 1.14 0.3 1.22 0.26 0.3 2.31 0.2 0.25 0.25 0.58 0.45 3.35 0.25 0.28 0.7 0.3 0.59 0.2 0.24 0.26 0.5 0.49 0.72 0.27 0.18 958 981 983 975 956 990 985 971 997 981 948 1,019 986 970 1,070 982 830 982 991 1,357 986 944 967 978 ±19 ±20 ±21 ±20 ±19 ±19 ±24 ±19 ±19 ±19 ±19 ±20 ±19 ±19 ±27 ±20 ±18 ±19 ±20 ±37 ±19 ±19 ±19 ±19 1,015 891 975 1,008 988 957 988 979 951 1,000 1,010 957 1,001 995 838 941 924 959 1,003 846 1,013 1,047 973 1,008 ±31 ±49 ±23 ±38 ±26 ±22 ±22 ±29 ±20 ±14 ±27 ±22 ±14 ±23 ±221 ±39 ±28 ±25 ±23 ±89 ±18 ±27 ±23 ±16 938 955 1,005 954 587 982 993 857 989 972 846 1,033 973 965 2095 965 161 973 979 1,099 971 950 950 964 % Discordant 207Pb*/ 206Pb* ±% 207Pb*/ 235U ±% 206Pb*/ 238U ±% ±26 ±31 ±27 ±35 ±135 ±20 ±31 ±30 ±44 ±76 ±27 ±40 ±25 ±29 ±30 ±25 ±24 +0 −1 −13 +1 +14 +21 −1 −11 +3 −1 +4 +1 +3 +3 −5 +2 +1 0.0690 0.0682 0.0656 0.0686 0.0709 0.0700 0.0683 0.0656 0.0684 0.0682 0.0694 0.1006 0.0681 0.0691 0.0672 0.0690 0.0686 1.1 1.5 2.3 1.5 8.8 3.4 1.3 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.4 0.6 1.9 2.0 2.6 1.5 1.3 1.42 1.38 1.33 1.39 1.35 1.18 1.39 1.31 1.34 1.38 1.40 3.96 1.32 1.38 1.36 1.40 1.38 2.4 2.6 3.2 2.7 9.2 4.1 2.5 3.4 3.0 3.1 2.6 2.3 2.8 3.0 3.6 2.7 2.5 0.149 0.146 0.148 0.147 0.138 0.122 0.147 0.145 0.142 0.147 0.146 0.285 0.141 0.145 0.147 0.147 0.146 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.7 2.3 2.1 2.8 2.5 2.7 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.3 2.5 2.2 2.1 ±24 ±29 ±25 ±25 ±19 ±22 ±27 ±20 ±22 ±22 ±35 ±24 ±21 ±23 ±88 ±27 ±8 ±22 ±23 ±35 ±22 ±25 ±22 ±21 6 −11 −1 3 3 −4 0 1 −5 2 7 −7 2 3 −30 −5 11 −3 1 −67 3 11 1 3 0.073 0.0687 0.0716 0.0728 0.0721 0.071 0.0721 0.0717 0.0708 0.0725 0.0729 0.071 0.0725 0.0723 0.067 0.0704 0.0698 0.071 0.0726 0.0673 0.073 0.0742 0.0715 0.0728 1.5 2.4 1.1 1.8 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.4 1 0.7 1.3 1.1 0.7 1.1 10.6 1.9 1.3 1.2 1.1 4.3 0.9 1.4 1.1 0.8 1.61 1.56 1.63 1.64 1.59 1.63 1.64 1.61 1.63 1.64 1.59 1.68 1.65 1.62 1.67 1.6 1.32 1.61 1.66 2.17 1.66 1.61 1.6 1.64 2.7 3.3 2.6 2.9 2.5 2.3 2.8 2.6 2.3 2.2 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.4 11 2.9 2.7 2.4 2.4 5.2 2.3 2.6 2.4 2.2 (Continued on 0.16 2.2 0.164 2.2 0.165 2.3 0.163 2.2 0.16 2.1 0.166 2.1 0.165 2.6 0.163 2.1 0.167 2.1 0.164 2.1 0.158 2.1 0.171 2.1 0.165 2.1 0.162 2.1 0.18 2.8 0.165 2.2 0.137 2.3 0.165 2.1 0.166 2.1 0.234 3 0.165 2.1 0.158 2.2 0.162 2.1 0.164 2.1 following page) Age of South Delhi Orogeny February 2021 | Volume 8 | Article 594355 TKB1 TKB1.30 TKB1.29 TKB1.20 TKB1.24 TKB1.25 TKB1.26 TKB1.27 TKB1.19 TKB1.21 TKB1.22 TKB1.23 TKB1.14 TKB1.15 TKB1.16 TKB1.17 TKB1.18 TKB1.9 TKB2 TKB2.1 TKB2.2 TKB2.3 TKB2.4 TKB2.5 TKB2.6 TKB2.7 TKB2.8 TKB2.9R TKB2.10R TKB2.11C TKB2.12 TKB2.14 TKB2.13C TKB2.15 TKB2.16 TKB2.17 TKB2.18 TKB2.19 TKB2.20 TKB2.21 TKB2.22 TKB2.23 TKB2.24 % 206Pbc Singh et al. Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org TABLE 3 | Zircon U-Pb SHRIMP data (2σ error of the mean of 0.94%) samples TKB-1 (26,015′50’’/74,013′06″), TKB-2 (26,010′36’’/74,017′30″), TKB-3 (26,012′24’’/74,018′15″), and TKB-4 (26,013′36’’/74,019′48″). Spot 17 ppm (U) Ppm (Th) 232Th/ 238U ±% 206Pb/ 238U (Age) 207Pb/ 206Pb (Age) 208Pb/ 232Th (Age) % Discordant 207Pb*/ 206Pb* ±% 207Pb*/ 235U ±% 206Pb*/ 238U ±% -0.1 0.12 0.05 0.26 0.13 249 256 439 421 181 256 241 262 546 469 170 252 1 1.06 1.28 1.15 0.97 1.02 0.76 0.22 0.41 0.17 0.27 0.22 985 984 997 976 970 987 ±19 ±19 ±19 ±19 ±19 ±19 978 958 967 1,027 948 968 ±18 ±22 ±17 ±15 ±33 ±23 977 964 959 967 944 973 ±23 ±22 ±21 ±21 ±23 ±22 −1 −3 −3 5 −2 −2 0.0717 0.071 0.0713 0.0735 0.0707 0.0714 0.9 1.1 0.8 0.8 1.6 1.1 1.63 1.61 1.65 1.66 1.58 1.63 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.7 2.4 0.165 0.165 0.167 0.163 0.162 0.165 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.1 0.54 0.06 6.15 0.03 0.06 9.99 3.77 7.73 -0.03 0.29 0.05 0.02 21.71 0.39 0.06 – 1.12 – 2.95 1,248 1,200 524 248 120 500 1,383 1802 473 198 100 692 320 11,915 169 495 305 852 112 565 29 247 978 386 86 128 1,011 248 561 282 134 53 334 21,102 134 131 275 646 57 1,071 0.02 0.21 1.93 1.61 0.74 0.27 0.76 0.14 1.23 1.47 1.38 0.08 1.08 1.83 0.82 0.27 0.93 0.78 0.53 1.96 3.42 14 0.97 0.21 0.36 0.89 1.05 2.29 0.6 0.24 17 2.66 0.32 6.54 0.53 0.39 0.7 2.33 0.42 1.33 860 895 565 971 2,697 177 990 404 976 968 963 1,009 996 532 431 1,389 274 1,033 2,358 756 ±16 ±35 ±18 ±19 ±49 ±4 ±19 ±11 ±19 ±19 ±22 ±36 ±19 ±39 ±9 ±26 ±6 ±20 ±45 ±21 910 935 906 1,005 2,765 1,431 935 980 1,033 1,024 963 999 988 1,686 413 1,407 248 914 2,591 1,035 ±26 ±10 ±102 ±20 ±9 ±171 ±51 ±67 ±14 ±22 ±50 ±104 ±18 ±874 ±79 ±10 ±44 ±42 ±11 ±84 3,806 921 648 932 2,665 1,573 1,574 2,724 963 945 929 942 973 306 432 1,353 271 871 2,478 807 ±484 ±186 ±24 ±21 ±61 ±60 ±55 ±105 ±21 ±21 ±225 ±50 ±21 ±89 ±14 ±31 ±8 ±33 ±61 ±28 6 5 39 4 3 89 −6 61 6 6 0 −1 −1 71 −5 1 −11 −14 11 29 0.0694 0.0702 0.0692 0.0727 0.1927 0.0903 0.0702 0.0718 0.0737 0.0733 0.0712 0.0724 0.0721 0.1034 0.055 0.0892 0.0512 0.0695 0.1734 0.0738 1.2 0.5 5 1 0.5 9 2.5 3.3 0.7 1.1 2.5 5.1 0.9 47.3 3.5 0.5 1.9 2 0.6 4.1 1.37 1.44 0.87 1.63 13.8 0.35 1.61 0.64 1.66 1.64 1.58 1.69 1.66 1.23 0.53 2.96 0.31 1.67 10.56 1.27 2.4 4.2 6 2.3 2.3 9.3 3.2 4.3 2.2 2.4 3.5 6.4 2.3 47.9 4.1 2.1 3 3 2.3 5.1 0.143 0.149 0.092 0.163 0.519 0.028 0.166 0.065 0.163 0.162 0.161 0.169 0.167 0.086 0.069 0.24 0.043 0.174 0.442 0.124 2 4.2 3.3 2.1 2.2 2.3 2 2.7 2.1 2.1 2.5 3.9 2.1 7.6 2.2 2.1 2.3 2.1 2.3 2.9 0.14 2.65 0.27 0.07 0.45 23.43 0.12 30.89 36.8 35.62 11.61 37.03 3.43 0.48 33.63 2.67 167 2,576 30 776 1,468 1885 386 1,698 4,253 4,421 3,760 4,903 2,728 371 4,041 2,936 121 14 63 648 1,232 23 119 11 137 71 25 253 15 280 88 19 0.75 0.01 2.14 0.86 0.87 0.01 0.32 0.01 0.03 0.02 0.01 0.05 0.01 0.78 0.02 0.01 0.67 0.66 0.61 3.66 11 2.06 0.27 2.8 1.86 1.7 1.39 1.68 1.8 0.22 7.12 2.03 951 800 2,841 919 773 1,050 625 1,050 835 703 1,032 751 755 270 1,245 774 ±19 ±19 ±67 ±17 ±35 ±36 ±12 ±30 ±20 ±21 ±35 ±23 ±31 ±6 ±33 ±15 974 804 2,981 954 994 954 636 896 1,022 1,096 895 1,072 749 210 983 789 ±32 ±162 ±17 ±14 ±33 ±152 ±29 ±224 ±95 ±85 ±112 ±77 ±298 ±85 ±288 ±52 970 39.2 2,646 970 591 7,097 593 11,891 2,717 4,614 5,940 1780 -2,756 260 8,141 673 ±26 ±4,054 ±93 ±65 ±87 ±2,442 ±18 ±5,058 ±587 ±885 ±2,862 ±321 -9,261 ±9 ±2,535 ±1,364 3 1 6 4 24 −11 2 −19 19 38 −17 32 −1 −30 −29 2 0.0716 0.0659 0.22 0.0709 0.0723 0.0709 0.0609 0.0689 0.0733 0.076 0.0689 0.0751 0.0642 0.0503 0.0719 0.0655 1.5 7.7 1.1 0.7 1.6 7.4 1.4 10.9 4.7 4.2 5.4 3.8 14.1 3.7 14.1 2.5 1.57 1.2 16.8 1.5 1.27 1.73 0.85 1.68 1.4 1.21 1.65 1.28 1.1 0.3 2.11 1.15 2.7 8.2 3.1 2.1 5.1 8.3 2.5 11.3 5.4 5.3 6.5 5 14.8 4.3 14.4 3.2 (Continued on 0.159 2.2 0.132 2.6 0.554 2.9 0.153 2 0.127 4.9 0.177 3.7 0.102 2.1 0.177 3 0.138 2.6 0.115 3.2 0.174 3.7 0.124 3.2 0.124 4.3 0.043 2.3 0.213 2.9 0.128 2 following page) Age of South Delhi Orogeny February 2021 | Volume 8 | Article 594355 TKB2.25 TKB2.26 TKB2.27 TKB2.28 TKB2.29 TKB2.30 TKB3 TKB3.1 TKB3.2 TKB3.5 TKB3.6 TKB3.7 TKB3.8 TKB3.23 TKB3.9 TKB3.10 TKB3.11 TKB3.12 TKB3.13 TKB3.14 TKB3.16 TKB3.24 TKB3.25 TKB3.20 TKB3.21 TKB3.18 TKB3.4 TKB4 TKB4.1 TKB4.2 TKB4.3 TKB4.4 TKB4.6 TKB4.5 TKB4.7 TKB4.17 TKB4.16 TKB4.15 TKB4.14 TKB4.13 TKB4.12 TKB4.18 TKB4.19 TKB4.20 % 206Pbc Singh et al. Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org TABLE 3 | (Continued) Zircon U-Pb SHRIMP data (2σ error of the mean of 0.94%) samples TKB-1 (26,015′50’’/74,013′06″), TKB-2 (26,010′36’’/74,017′30″), TKB-3 (26,012′24’’/74,018′15″), and TKB-4 (26,013′36’’/ 74,019′48″). 6.1 4.6 5.7 10.5 10.1 6 6.2 0.9 3.5 8.4 0.073 0.0716 0.0696 0.0762 0.0633 0.0678 0.0681 0.0797 0.0688 0.0696 1.78 1.41 2.11 1.55 1.47 1.03 1.06 2 1.22 1.31 7.3 5.2 6.3 11.4 10.5 6.4 6.8 2.5 4.2 8.7 0.177 0.142 0.22 0.148 0.168 0.11 0.113 0.182 0.129 0.136 4 2.5 2.6 4.4 2.7 2.2 2.6 2.4 2.3 2.1 of measured UO2). Data points are arrayed linearly to provide an isochron; the slope of the line (m) is used to calculate the age of the event (Suzuki and Dunkley, 2014). Further, from the analytical data the spot age is computed using the formulation of Montel et al. (1996). From the individual age and associated error data, the inversevariance weighted mean and 2σ error were calculated using Gaussian distribution and Isoplot logarithm tool (Sambridge and Compston, 1994; Ludwig, 2012). The entire population of unmixed ages of monazite of an individual sample was used to construct a probability density diagram by Isoplot. Dates constrained by weighted means of monazite dates in Isoplot are interpreted to constrain the age of monazite growth in single or multiple events depending upon number of peaks. RESULT OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY Geochemistry −4 13 −44 21 −43 23 22 10 13 11 ±% 3.67 11 2.11 0.62 7.05 0.85 13 1.67 0.58 5.35 0 0.06 0.01 0.01 0.01 0 0.01 0.38 0.01 0 1,050 858 1,284 888 1,003 674 688 1,077 780 822 ±39 ±20 ±31 ±37 ±26 ±14 ±17 ±23 ±17 ±16 1,014 976 916 1,101 718 862 872 1,190 893 916 ±125 ±94 ±117 ±211 ±215 ±124 ±129 ±17 ±73 ±173 21,350 1,371 4,094 10,152 2,880 3,283 2,110 1,173 3,657 5,697 ±1924 ±382 ±3,981 ±1913 ±4,257 ±3,244 ±1,095 ±59 ±1,643 ±7,863 Metarhyolite A higher % of SiO2 (70.52–78.12%), moderate to high Fe2O3 (0.4–0.98), moderate to high Al2O3 (10.68–15.83), and higher Na2O compared to K2O characterize the metarhyolite (Table 2). The A/NK and A/CNK values are <1.0 and CIPW norm shows presence of normative quartz, diopside, albite, and ilmenite. The samples lie in the peralkaline ﬁeld in the A/NK vs. A/CNK plot (Figure 5A), I type ﬁeld in the Na2O vs. K2O and TiO2 vs Zr plots (Figures 5B,C) (cf. Chappell and White, 1992), and alkali-calcic to alkalic ﬁeld in Na2O + K2O-CaO vs. SiO2 plot (Figure 5D) (cf. Frost et al., 2001). (La/Lu) N is extremely variable ranging from 0.11 to 7.83 suggesting low to moderate REE differentiation and Eu/Eu* value ranges from 0.01 to 0.62 suggesting -ve Eu anomaly (Table 2). Rb vs. Y + Nb plot indicates “within plate magmatism” (Figure 5E) (Pearce, 1996) and Na2O + K2O–(CaO + MgO)*5 Fe2O3 (t) * 5 ternary plot (Figure 5F) shows the samples lie in “intracontinental-continental margin and intracontinental rift and continental hot spots setting” (Grebennikov, 2014). The Zr values range in 48.75–670.18 ppm indicating Zr saturation temperature is around 750 to 800°C (cf. Watson and Harrison, 1983). Pratapgarh Pluton Higher % of SiO2 (75.51–76.52), moderate to high Fe2O3 (0.51–0.92), moderate to high Al2O3 (12.26–12.87), and lower Na2O compared to K2O characterize the Pratapgarh granite. It shows A/NK > 1.0 and the A/CNK values <1.0 (Table 2). The CIPW norm shows these are quartz, diopside, albite, and ilmenite normative. The samples lie in the meta-aluminous ﬁeld of the A/NK vs. A/CNK plot (Figures 5A, I type ﬁeld of the Na2O vs. K2O and TiO2 vs. Zr plot (Figures 5B,C) (Chappell and White, 1992) and calc-alkaline ﬁeld in Na2O + K2O-CaO vs. SiO2 plot (Figures 5D) (cf. Frost et al., 2001). The (La/Lu) N is 0.11–0.13 suggesting low degree of REE differentiation and Eu/Eu* value is 0.53 and 0.62 suggesting -ve Eu anomaly (Table 2). Rb vs. Y + Nb plot indicates “within plate magmatism” (Figure 5E) (Pearce, TKB4.21 TKB4.22 TKB4.23 TKB4.24 TKB4.25 TKB4.26 TKB4.27 TKB4.28 TKB4.8 TKB4.10 36.39 29.78 4.91 26.09 27.17 3.45 11.75 – 15.46 3.38 3,691 3,045 3,647 2,334 2,506 2,210 3,309 324 2,441 1,281 17 181 23 18 24 10 39 118 17 4 ±% Spot % 206Pbc ppm (U) Ppm (Th) 232Th/ 238U 206Pb/ 238U (Age) 207Pb/ 206Pb (Age) 208Pb/ 232Th (Age) % Discordant 207Pb*/ 206Pb* 207Pb*/ 235U ±% 206Pb*/ 238U ±% Age of South Delhi Orogeny TABLE 3 | (Continued) Zircon U-Pb SHRIMP data (2σ error of the mean of 0.94%) samples TKB-1 (26,015′50’’/74,013′06″), TKB-2 (26,010′36’’/74,017′30″), TKB-3 (26,012′24’’/74,018′15″), and TKB-4 (26,013′36’’/ 74,019′48″). Singh et al. Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org 18 February 2021 | Volume 8 | Article 594355 Singh et al. Age of South Delhi Orogeny FIGURE 7 | Zircon U-Pb data for samples TKB-1, TKB-2, TKB-3, and TKB-4 locations are in Figure 2. Errors are at 1σ conﬁdence level. 1996) and Na2O + K2O–(CaO + MgO)*5 Fe2O3 (t) * 5 ternary plot (Figure 5F) shows the sample lies in “intracontinentalcontinental margin and intracontinental rift and continental Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org hot spots setting” (Grebennikov, 2014). Zr values range in 47–670 ppm indicating Zr saturation temperature is around 750 to 800 °C (cf. Watson and Harrison, 1983). 19 February 2021 | Volume 8 | Article 594355 Singh et al. Age of South Delhi Orogeny FIGURE 8 | Sample No. CG-1, (A) BSE image of mica schist mylonite with elliptical monazite grains, from Phulad thrust, from the inclination of the monazite grain, a top-to-NW sense of shear is indicated, (B) 813 and 716 ages are obtained from the high Th and low Y domain, 590 Ma age from fractured part of the grain, which is low in Th and high in Y (X-ray maps in (C and D)). (E) Isochron shows three ages 819, 680, and 588 Ma. (F) Probability curve shows three peaks as 811, 700, and 569 Ma. First two ages from ‘e and f’ correspond to D2 and last age corresponds to brittle deformation. Sample No. B-4 (G and I) BSE images of the upper amphibolite slivers containing elliptical and rounded monazite grains, within Phulad thrust. (H) Elliptical grain is fractured in the top end. The grain yields 706 Ma and 550 Ma indicating age of D2 and brittle deformation. (J) Rounded grain does not show chemical variation and yields higher ages ca. 1,638 Ma that indicates pre-Delhi metamorphism. (K) Isochron and (L) probability graph display two age clusters, 1,611–704 Ma and 1,609–686 Ma, related to pre-Delhi metamorphism and D2 ages. Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org 20 February 2021 | Volume 8 | Article 594355 Singh et al. Age of South Delhi Orogeny FIGURE 9 | Sample B-5, collected from mica schist: (A) Monazite under BSE image shows more or less equant shape and compositional domains. (B) The lighter domain that occurs outside is Y poor and Th rich (X-ray images, (C), (D)) yielding higher ages as 886 Ma, indicating the age of the D1. The darker domains, at the center, are Y rich and Th poor and yield 783 and 597 Ma ages, indicating D2 and brittle deformation ages, respectively; there is minor fracture at the edge (Fr); ﬂuid migrated through the fracture and rejuvenated the age. (E and F) Isochron and probability curve yield three clusters as 864, 718, 588 Ma, 846, 697, 564 Ma corresponding to D1, D2 shearing and brittle shearing ages, respectively. Sample R-4. Mica schist near Pratapgarh, Monazites are nearly rounded to equant shape and have domains (G to J). (K and L) Isochron and probability curve yield two distinct ages 865–720 Ma and 852–743 Ma corresponding to D1–D2 ages, respectively. Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org 21 February 2021 | Volume 8 | Article 594355 CG1 Point 22 SiO2 P2O 5 CaO FeO Y2 O 3 La2O3 Ce2O3 Pr2O3 Nd2O3 Sm2O3 Eu2O3 Gd2O3 Tb2O3 Dy2O3 Tm2O3 PbO ThO2 UO2 Total Age (Ma) Age err 0 0.001 0.022 0.018 0.014 0.025 0.066 0.006 0.82 0.674 0.034 0.106 0.06 1.108 0.051 0.003 0 0.072 0.041 0.081 0.148 0.388 0 0.003 0.011 0.038 0.199 0.084 0.028 0.039 0.1 0.04 0.024 7.47 0.123 0.006 0.265 0 0.009 0.035 0.071 0.189 0.264 0.224 0.331 0.795 1.064 0.77 0.791 0.338 2.464 0.479 0.534 0.424 0.37 0.378 0.29 1.084 0.75 1.224 0.599 1.08 0.405 0.783 0.35 0.24 0.218 0.421 0.706 0.659 0.178 0.156 0.304 0.76 0.676 79.071 1.918 0.19 0.183 0.29 0.255 0.201 1.312 0.313 30.409 30.521 30.39 29.168 29.061 30.016 30.954 31.537 26.47 30.105 28.723 30.062 28.809 29.892 28.749 28.37 28.833 28.442 29.386 27.888 28.069 27.717 29.954 30.135 30.144 29.646 31.316 26.397 29.877 27.823 27.642 28.625 28.489 0.451 36.814 29.417 29.193 29.44 30.266 30.594 30.372 31.427 0.999 0.653 0.66 0.532 0.724 0.513 1.214 0.68 0.952 1.137 1.355 0.939 0.665 0.704 0.574 1.957 1.63 2.213 1.52 1.969 1.452 1.604 1.461 0.588 0.576 1.298 0.715 0.624 0.721 0.576 0.761 1.596 1.522 0.133 7.744 0.445 0.567 0.457 0.754 0.801 0.697 0.746 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.984 0.776 0.804 0.023 0 0 0.457 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.344 1.365 1.095 0.455 0.487 0.375 1.416 1.438 1.516 1.476 1.535 1.285 1.299 1.223 1.356 1.241 1.485 1.552 1.692 1.42 1.456 1.542 1.499 1.463 1.718 1.397 0.633 0.681 1.516 1.645 1.561 1.574 1.574 0 1.321 0.436 0.536 0.444 1.602 1.518 1.399 1.05 15.06 16.024 16.13 16.525 16.045 16.854 14.189 15.419 14.435 14.302 13.691 14.808 15.42 15.574 15.744 12.346 12.754 11.918 13.338 12.352 13.742 12.977 14.264 15.837 15.879 14.817 16.422 15.756 15.748 15.415 15.046 13.245 13.33 0.316 15.024 12.82 11.592 16.927 15.456 15.805 16.345 16.055 29.664 29.913 30.282 30.304 29.178 30.729 27.668 30.033 28.285 27.81 26.481 28.548 29.344 29.883 29.792 22.619 24.716 23.254 26.485 24.176 26.783 25.589 27.389 30.094 29.496 29.692 29.64 29.459 29.968 29.976 28.516 25.929 26.176 2.367 29.11 30.205 30.067 30.605 29.837 29.937 30.252 30.507 3.263 3.349 3.269 3.283 3.131 3.228 3.106 3.174 3.051 3.105 3.037 3.156 3.169 3.167 3.283 2.771 2.946 2.665 2.991 2.684 2.984 2.933 2.912 3.271 3.232 3.033 3.2 3.242 3.296 3.368 3.195 2.942 2.939 0.106 2.377 3.733 3.757 3.348 3.185 3.208 3.254 3.178 11.397 11.454 11.701 11.635 11.04 11.649 10.891 11.321 11.01 10.625 10.538 11.17 11.132 11.378 11.247 10.275 10.379 9.607 10.569 9.602 10.569 10.443 10.659 11.29 11.045 11.04 11.492 11.61 11.259 11.78 11.316 10.572 10.668 0.183 11.6 14.41 14.999 11.656 11.444 11.199 11.401 10.743 2.222 2.244 2.147 1.816 1.735 1.776 2.178 2.335 2.281 2.2 2.183 2.279 2.247 2.321 2.326 2.239 2.243 2.081 2.259 2.084 2.194 2.163 2.226 2.215 2.252 2.275 1.888 1.955 2.199 2.294 2.226 2.204 2.167 0.073 2.349 2.875 3.095 1.988 2.373 2.378 2.373 2.24 0.248 0.251 0.234 0 0.009 0.093 0.305 0.349 0.329 0.335 0.262 0.316 0.296 0.356 0.277 0.294 0.28 0.276 0.34 0.29 0.272 0.342 0.308 0.289 0.234 0.315 0 0.046 0.281 0.309 0.294 0.235 0.301 0.005 0.341 0.586 0.705 0.07 0.336 0.381 0.309 0.312 1.05 1.033 1.077 0.654 0.708 0.663 1.173 1.191 1.139 1.368 1.277 1.235 1.188 1.222 1.162 1.724 1.56 1.569 1.416 1.361 1.191 1.248 1.308 1.132 1.079 1.149 0.833 0.836 1.097 1.052 1.153 1.296 1.316 0 1.328 0.876 1.02 0.808 1.425 1.335 1.117 1.121 0.053 0.039 0.006 0 0 0 0.046 0.048 0.018 0.081 0.034 0.003 0.045 0.036 0.009 0.055 0.03 0.069 0.05 0.062 0.087 0.044 0.095 0.003 0.004 0 0 0.021 0 0.045 0.026 0.077 0.058 0 0.059 0 0 0 0 0.059 0.071 0.022 0.316 0.304 0.306 0.075 0.07 0.093 0.406 0.379 0.328 0.485 0.413 0.337 0.334 0.383 0.359 0.427 0.419 0.521 0.507 0.443 0.347 0.339 0.409 0.37 0.437 0.33 0.117 0.19 0.305 0.339 0.328 0.372 0.387 0.27 0.487 0 0.025 0.059 0.423 0.445 0.324 0.255 0.083 0.157 0.124 0.063 0.04 0.015 0.119 0.12 0.15 0.088 0.116 0.095 0.095 0.148 0.104 0.133 0.153 0 0.117 0.118 0 0 0 0.084 0.03 0.078 0.061 0.056 0.125 0.162 0.121 0.118 0.197 0.036 0.174 0.192 0.183 0.149 0.114 0.204 0.12 0.138 0.143 0.094 0.092 0.16 0.237 0.149 0.208 0.117 0.143 0.224 0.27 0.166 0.118 0.097 0.079 0.436 0.327 0.495 0.277 0.397 0.246 0.199 0.265 0.096 0.163 0.137 0.148 0.14 0.05 0.036 0.091 0.311 0.298 0.031 0.093 0.022 0.016 0.032 0.099 0.072 0.051 0.099 3.798 3.084 3.407 5.053 6.229 4.519 5.876 2.821 3.571 4.886 7.286 4.629 2.869 2.614 2.073 12.449 8.404 12.361 6.664 11.001 6.159 6.089 6.533 2.643 1.792 2.389 4.201 4.746 2.158 1.64 3.342 8.404 7.445 5.56 2.635 1.403 1.076 1.489 3.15 2.291 1.677 2.749 0.252 0.067 0.074 0.126 0.17 0.106 0.399 0.426 0.55 0.762 0.561 0.42 0.463 0.406 0.468 0.009 0.281 0.325 0.697 0.402 0.618 0.513 0.635 0.566 1.815 0.487 0.204 0.128 0.098 0.113 0.138 0.411 0.365 0.734 0.817 0 0 0 0.265 0.207 0.179 0.146 100.566 100.776 101.345 100.662 99.945 101.573 101.005 101.732 97.519 100.141 98.33 99.976 97.922 100.89 97.943 98.431 97.189 98.643 98.947 99.394 97.499 95.716 100.293 100.319 100.125 99 101.774 96.63 98.905 96.769 96.16 98.711 97.933 101.975 114.313 97.614 97.28 97.764 100.993 100.67 101.324 101.29 720 663 590 686 813 716 677 649 621 705 692 647 627 577 515 815 817 858 722 752 702 601 718 502 496 796 710 635 475 419 564 743 803 93 414 370 349 504 576 565 526 719 46 52 47 40 36 44 32 47 39 33 27 36 45 46 46 22 28 22 28 23 30 27 29 39 27 53 43 39 52 53 43 26 29 21 33 67 74 70 44 53 60 58 0 0 0.001 0 0.302 0.325 0.37 0.281 30.646 30.743 30.623 30.514 1.808 1.797 1.823 1.537 0 0 0 0 1.191 1.172 1.139 1.496 13.522 13.755 13.86 15.219 26.641 26.86 26.838 27.433 3.09 3.089 3.041 2.905 10.229 10.176 10.113 9.677 2.101 2.04 1.971 1.813 0.059 0.087 0.113 0.009 1.089 1.123 1.014 0.887 0 0 0 0 0.309 0.286 0.21 0.299 0.109 0.147 0.124 0.069 0.71 0.738 0.753 0.663 7.227 7.056 7.118 5.92 0.838 99.871 1,585 37 0.902 100.297 1,632 37 0.933 100.044 1,638 36 0.994 99.715 1,595 38 (Continued on following page) Age of South Delhi 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Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org TABLE 4 | EPMA analytical result of monazite for the samples CG-1 (26,014′12’’/,74,013′25″), B-4 (26,013′44’’/,74,013′12″), B-5 (26,013′27’’/,74,013′12″), and R-4 (26,012′56’’/,74,018′30″). CG1 Point 23 SiO2 P2O 5 CaO FeO Y2 O 3 La2O3 Ce2O3 Pr2O3 Nd2O3 Sm2O3 Eu2O3 Gd2O3 Tb2O3 Dy2O3 Tm2O3 PbO ThO2 UO2 Total Age (Ma) Age err 0.006 0 0.014 0.016 0.016 0.01 0 0.034 0 0.013 0 0.007 0 0.02 0 0.027 0.004 0.002 0.307 0.274 0.25 0.308 0.195 0.297 0.152 0.191 0.338 0.324 0.265 0.266 0.302 0.43 0.368 0.166 0.226 0.213 30.645 30.53 29.996 29.902 30.181 29.769 30.164 29.689 30.156 30.85 30.64 30.642 30.702 30.635 30.14 30.625 31.387 30.896 1.54 1.492 0.63 0.928 1.128 0.877 1.081 1.287 0.669 0.898 0.874 1.297 0.937 1.183 0.956 0.924 0.289 0.484 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.446 1.428 1.242 1.25 1.366 1.291 1.609 1.458 0.961 0.979 0.901 1.459 1.144 1.122 1.071 1.386 0.892 1.062 15.183 15.85 14.741 14.604 14.711 14.639 13.985 14.184 14.989 15.462 15.043 14.23 14.891 14.753 15.154 13.893 11.546 12.785 27.451 27.684 29.557 28.792 28.234 28.825 27.78 27.827 29.132 29.602 29.645 28.215 29.156 28.538 29.576 28.836 29.566 29.858 2.97 2.982 3.186 3.136 3.049 3.117 3.012 3.149 3.211 3.113 3.311 3.084 3.227 3.108 3.128 3.337 3.781 3.728 9.704 9.189 11.252 10.99 10.201 10.773 10.735 10.591 10.936 10.931 11.302 10.668 10.833 10.664 10.915 11.972 15.674 13.432 1.807 1.601 2.359 2.245 2.15 2.299 2.182 2.145 2.237 2.196 2.284 2.086 2.197 2.155 2.257 2.418 3.165 2.564 0 0 0.298 0.302 0.278 0.236 0.436 0.366 0.257 0.157 0.299 0.279 0.182 0.151 0.25 0.414 0.597 0.51 0.927 0.843 1.456 1.481 1.435 1.388 1.27 1.254 1.359 1.42 1.331 1.282 1.325 1.265 1.313 1.327 1.392 1.285 0.033 0.058 0.067 0.11 0.055 0.062 0.05 0.054 0.061 0.032 0.066 0.076 0.11 0.12 0.085 0.042 0 0.001 0.371 0.355 0.466 0.476 0.419 0.439 0.435 0.397 0.383 0.396 0.346 0.484 0.401 0.354 0.403 0.426 0.351 0.451 0.11 0.151 0.115 0.141 0.147 0.142 0.139 0.147 0.123 0.094 0.089 0.143 0.087 0 0.079 0.167 0.125 0.095 0.668 0.692 0.099 0.188 0.204 0.145 0.214 0.202 0.102 0.15 0.147 0.221 0.142 0.183 0.139 0.17 0.071 0.109 6.066 5.772 3.055 5.289 4.089 4.155 3.855 3.945 2.822 4.25 3.766 4.716 3.917 5.395 4.167 2.9 1.313 2.239 0.982 1.218 0.362 0.431 0.8 0.416 1.199 0.982 0.197 0.228 0.518 0.924 0.345 0.366 0.32 1.1 0.438 1.216 100.217 100.122 99.145 100.588 98.656 98.88 98.299 97.9 97.932 101.094 100.825 100.079 99.899 100.443 100.322 100.134 100.816 100.93 1,590 1,560 550 656 706 615 640 656 684 699 629 665 658 648 625 611 605 414 38 36 44 34 35 38 30 33 56 43 40 31 42 34 40 34 67 32 0 0.015 0.001 0 0.012 0.005 0.037 0.001 0 0.013 0.012 0.04 0.01 0 0 0.001 0.001 0 0.011 0.009 0.013 0.003 0.005 0.015 0.012 0.003 0.027 0 0.238 0.231 0.454 0.449 0.693 0.682 0.239 0.267 0.268 0.245 0.217 0.52 0.199 0.21 0.562 0.308 0.229 0.185 0.141 0.273 0.145 0.16 0.251 0.268 0.234 0.417 0.414 0.195 30.462 30.216 30.122 29.771 29.605 29.721 30.113 29.943 30.391 29.724 29.998 29.624 29.382 29.503 29.764 29.433 29.762 29.631 30.028 29.455 29.898 30.132 29.738 29.615 29.226 29.382 29.135 29.725 1.875 1.857 0.962 1.257 2.31 1.67 0.901 0.932 1.643 0.483 0.632 1.312 1.61 1.445 1.386 1.421 0.373 0.305 1.5 1.188 0.38 1.155 1.907 1.74 0.753 1.226 1.229 0.553 0 0 0 0 0.371 0.045 0.394 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.511 0.574 0.183 0.373 0.13 0.152 0.4 0.46 0.7 0.215 0.258 0.204 0.391 0.408 0.353 0.365 0.387 0.258 1.055 0.357 0.34 0.836 0.818 0.431 0.101 0.849 0.39 0.461 14.152 13.911 15.558 14.939 13.39 15.462 16.538 11.178 12.089 11.975 15.579 13.971 14.61 14.715 6.292 14.731 11.945 14.709 14.02 5.987 10.432 14.28 13.93 14.521 18.321 14.987 15.528 18.251 27.311 27.294 29.05 29.215 25.292 27.579 30.486 28.877 25.091 31.327 31.393 25.433 28.064 28.447 23.07 28.287 31.411 33.041 27.623 23.398 30.642 29.978 26.924 27.633 30.611 27.909 28.667 30.346 2.959 2.875 3.068 2.955 2.766 2.797 3.037 3.529 3.032 3.727 3.218 2.923 2.998 2.918 3.657 2.935 3.737 3.58 2.995 3.772 4.009 3.015 2.79 2.87 2.975 2.834 2.869 2.921 10.051 10.126 10.45 10.266 9.454 9.584 10.086 13.474 11.691 13.73 11.226 9.216 10.142 10.356 16.195 10.189 13.632 12.213 10.187 17.472 15.437 10.669 9.418 9.633 9.269 9.607 9.648 9.294 2.11 2.181 2.277 2.118 2.079 2.065 1.998 2.948 3.387 2.763 2.197 1.916 2.083 2.149 4.95 2.192 2.87 2.205 2.172 5.205 3.271 2.209 1.975 2.011 1.735 1.984 2.103 1.822 0.31 0.31 0.217 0.288 0.256 0.213 0.186 0.675 0.774 0.709 0.331 0.22 0.235 0.359 1.268 0.31 0.641 0.326 0.346 1.465 0.827 0.396 0.278 0.278 0.108 0.238 0.307 0.119 1.274 1.318 0.898 1.073 0.937 0.862 0.645 1.657 1.842 1.134 0.769 0.691 1.079 1.224 2.81 1.366 1.383 0.783 1.271 3.084 1.378 1.215 1.191 0.988 0.667 1.24 1.266 0.954 0.026 0.074 0 0.004 0 0 0 0.039 0 0 0 0 0.057 0.01 0 0.048 0.012 0 0.028 0 0 0.026 0.017 0 0 0.028 0.001 0.003 0.193 0.17 0.049 0.129 0 0.032 0.06 0.125 0.171 0.088 0.078 0 0.069 0.069 0.249 0.187 0.16 0.059 0.35 0.137 0.161 0.3 0.107 0.099 0.014 0.267 0.162 0.227 0.107 0.133 0.149 0.145 0 0.002 0 0.226 0.135 0.14 0.069 0.062 0.078 0.103 0.304 0.092 0.158 0.113 0.061 0.483 0.189 0.177 0.168 0.137 0.094 0.086 0.103 0.139 0.359 0.362 0.195 0.217 0.47 0.346 0.161 0.171 0.345 0.108 0.096 0.276 0.377 0.311 0.248 0.243 0.042 0.015 0.297 0.193 0.08 0.228 0.42 0.391 0.147 0.257 0.204 0.159 6.256 6.709 5.413 6.523 11.636 11.228 4.287 4.217 6.52 4.691 3.177 5.875 5.378 5.148 5.625 5.851 1.676 0.934 5.249 5.693 2.185 4.659 6.257 5.639 3.749 5.512 5.525 3.734 1.566 99.76 730 25 1.651 100.03 694 24 0 99.048 840 41 0.061 99.783 755 35 0.212 99.613 886 24 0.11 102.553 698 23 0.619 100.188 597 35 0.643 99.363 633 37 1.019 99.099 810 29 0 101.073 540 41 0.012 99.261 701 56 0.498 92.782 851 36 2.273 99.037 683 22 1.613 98.987 692 26 0 96.733 1,022 44 0.51 98.468 753 34 0.039 98.458 550 83 0.025 98.382 337 79 1.408 98.74 699 27 0 98.171 794 41 0.717 100.104 418 43 0.873 100.311 706 33 2.071 98.263 745 23 2.065 98.334 731 23 1.573 99.592 392 24 0.536 97.361 821 35 0.95 98.527 555 28 0.608 99.51 650 38 (Continued on following page) Age of South Delhi Orogeny February 2021 | Volume 8 | Article 594355 5/1 6/1 7/1 8/1 9/1 10/1 11/1 12/1 13/1 14/1 15/1 16/1 17/1 18/1 19/1 20/1 22/1 23/1 B5 1/1 2/1 3/1 4/1 5/1 6/1 8/1 9/1 10/1 11/1 12/1 13/1 14/1 15/1 16/1 17/1 18/1 19/1 20/1 21/1 22/1 23/1 24/1 25/1 26/1 27/1 28/1 29/1 Al2O3 Singh et al. Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org TABLE 4 | (Continued) EPMA analytical result of monazite for the samples CG-1 (26,014′12’’/,74,013′25″), B-4 (26,013′44’’/,74,013′12″), B-5 (26,013′27’’/,74,013′12″), and R-4 (26,012′56’’/,74,018′30″). 27 35 39 41 34 34 33 42 33 33 38 37 40 37 39 864 749 864 803 847 732 760 818 717 783 792 795 807 758 775 99.794 101.122 100.439 100.756 100.411 99.544 99.975 100.656 100.51 100.391 99.57 99.902 99.739 100.741 100.271 0.113 0.328 0.11 0.178 0.111 0.567 0.354 0.111 0.515 0.252 0.203 0.19 0.172 0.203 0.243 8.361 4.861 5.027 4.377 6.101 4.96 5.35 4.491 4.716 5.632 4.81 4.968 4.596 4.765 5.506 0.324 0.191 0.2 0.171 0.235 0.214 0.213 0.171 0.197 0.217 0.186 0.191 0.179 0.177 0.21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.586 1.406 1.632 1.513 1.648 1.495 1.412 1.522 1.508 1.485 1.44 1.402 1.354 1.461 1.379 Zircon Geochronology 5.2.1 Sample No. TKB-1 The sample is collected from the gneissic part of the Sewariya pluton near Bar, where high temperature solid state fabric is prominently developed (Figure 2A). The zircon crystals are subangular in shape. The CL image reveals oscillatory zoning patterns, consistent with magmatic zircon (Figure 6, textural details in Appendix). The isotopic data plot in a well-deﬁned cluster on Concordia, with two analyses within that population plotting with larger errors and off Concordia, corresponding to the two analyses with the highest f206 (Figure 7, TKB1-25, TKB1-26, TKB-1). The concordant points correspond to a Concordia age of 878 ± 9 Ma, which we take to be the best estimate for the emplacement age of the granitoid. One analysis, TKB1-14, plots well away from the Concordia age and corresponds to a darker CL zircon (Figure 6), with a 207Pb/206Pb age of 1,634 ± 22 Ma (2σ conﬁdence, 101% concordant, Figure 7 TKB-1). This represents the xenocrystic component age. 1.458 1.672 1.33 1.321 1.343 1.727 1.814 1.278 1.672 1.463 1.348 1.368 1.34 1.399 1.466 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sample No. TKB-2 The sample is collected from Rupnagar metarhyolite (Figure 2C). The rock is foliated with close spaced S1 fabric. The zircon grains are dominantly subangular to subrounded. The CL image reveals oscillatory zoning patterns, consistent with magmatic zircon (Figure 6, textural details in Appendix). The data plot in a welldeﬁned cluster on Concordia (Figure 7), with the exception of TKB-2–15 and TKB-2–17, which record the highest f206 values and plot off Concordia. The concordant population of 27 zircons deﬁnes a Concordia age of 982 ± 3 Ma, which is the best approximation of the emplacement age of the granite protolith. 0.225 0.424 0.291 1.119 0.448 0.784 0.416 0.803 0.574 0.463 0.539 0.303 0.497 0.478 0.463 0.474 0.476 0.482 0 0.011 0.014 0.01 0 0.074 0.031 0.004 0.007 0 0 0.005 0.013 0 0 29.458 31.529 30.181 30.574 29.722 30.597 30.382 30.646 31.227 30.731 30.367 30.426 30.348 30.826 30.512 1.104 0.973 0.801 0.853 0.843 1.078 1.019 0.744 1.134 1.036 0.874 0.968 0.842 0.881 1 0.259 0.255 0.278 12.411 13.301 13.174 13.696 13.104 12.249 13.039 13.434 12.482 12.879 13.157 13.395 13.438 13.519 13.18 26.031 28.869 28.809 29.516 28.157 28.236 28.475 29.409 28.538 28.546 28.849 28.943 29.139 29.308 28.687 2.669 2.796 2.808 2.977 2.883 2.765 2.806 2.893 2.879 2.821 2.896 2.806 2.876 2.911 2.82 11.349 11.075 11.601 11.316 11.543 11.274 10.955 11.517 11.436 11.084 11.248 11.031 11.206 11.094 11.104 2.445 2.283 2.538 2.446 2.523 2.382 2.29 2.448 2.478 2.324 2.366 2.412 2.405 2.404 2.365 0.814 0.858 0.894 0.908 0.884 0.804 0.823 0.903 0.893 0.94 0.873 0.818 0.857 0.823 0.831 0 0 0 0.55 0.523 0.538 0.486 0.511 0.547 0.549 0.545 0.526 0.482 0.473 0.515 0.499 0.496 0.485 68 43 88 845 941 813 97.196 95.58 97.07 0.001 0.128 0.037 2.607 5.384 1.841 0.095 0.235 0.069 0.131 0.142 0.087 Sewariya Pluton It indicates a higher % of SiO2 (75.35–78.68), moderate to high Fe2 O3 (0.74–1.03), moderate to high Al2O3 (10.81–13.73), and lower Na 2O compared to K2 O. The A/NK and A/CNK values are >1.0. The CIPW norm shows normative quartz, diopside, albite, corundum, and ilmenite (Table 2). The rock lies in the per-aluminous ﬁeld in the A/NK vs. A/CNK plot (Figure 5A) and S type ﬁeld in the Na2 O vs. K2O and TiO2 vs. Zr plot (Figures 5B,C) (Chappell and White, 1992) and calc-alkaline to calcic ﬁeld in Na2 O + K2 O-CaO vs. SiO2 plot (Figure 5D) (cf. Frost et al., 2001). The Na2O + K2 O–(CaO + MgO) *5 Fe2 O3 (t) * 5 ternary plot (Figure 5F) shows the sample lies in “island arc to continental arc setting” with few in the rift setting (Grebennikov, 2014). The Zr values range from 29 to 130 ppm indicating Zr saturation temperature is around 700 to 800 °C (cf. Watson and Harrison, 1983). Geochemistry of the granites and metarhyolite can be summarized as the Pratapgarh pluton is meta-aluminous, I type, and emplaced in intraplate rift setting; metarhyolite is peralkaline, I type, and emplaced in intracontinental rift setting; these intruded during pre-D1 stage. The Sewariya granite is peraluminous, S type, and emplaced in syncollisional setting, syn-D1. 30/1 31/1 32/1 R4 1/1 2/1 3/1 4/1 5/1 6/1 7/1 8/1 9/1 10/1 46/1 47/1 48/1 49/1 50/1 0 0.072 0.023 29.364 29.315 29.58 0.567 1.11 0.712 0 0 0 15.687 12.606 15.367 31.8 28.872 32.073 3.048 3.081 3.097 10.326 10.519 10.544 2.028 2.122 2.028 0.234 0.364 0.287 0.735 0.854 0.673 0.09 0.096 0.082 Age (Ma) Total UO2 ThO2 PbO Tm2O3 Tb2O3 Y2 O 3 La2O3 Ce2O3 Pr2O3 Nd2O3 Sm2O3 Eu2O3 Gd2O3 Dy2O3 Age of South Delhi Orogeny FeO CaO P2O 5 SiO2 Al2O3 CG1 Point TABLE 4 | (Continued) EPMA analytical result of monazite for the samples CG-1 (26,014′12’’/,74,013′25″), B-4 (26,013′44’’/,74,013′12″), B-5 (26,013′27’’/,74,013′12″), and R-4 (26,012′56’’/,74,018′30″). Age err Singh et al. Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org 24 February 2021 | Volume 8 | Article 594355 Singh et al. Age of South Delhi Orogeny Monazite Geochronology Sample No. TKB-3 The sample belongs to the Pratapgarh granite pluton (Figure 2B). The zircon grains are subangular in shape, with some subrounded zircon. The CL image reveals relatively low response, with dark oscillatory zoning patterns, consistent with magmatic zircon (Figure 6, textural details in Appendix). Twenty-one analyses were conducted on twenty-one zircons and resulted in variable f206 values between 0 and 21.7%. One zircon (TKB-3–16) recorded very high U and Th values, but the Uranium and Thorium content for all other zircons range between 100 and 1802 and 29 and 1,071 ppm, respectively (Table 3), resulting in Th/U ratios between 0.02 and 1.96. The lowest Th/U values were recorded on angular euhedral zircon with clear oscillatory patterns, and the overall range of Th/U values and CL patterns suggest the zircon to be magmatic in character. Two zircon grains record older 207Pb/206Pb ages, with the one near-concordant point (TKB-3–7) giving an age of 2,765 ± 18 Ma. These are considered to record some xenocrystic components in the granite protolith (Figure 7). The remaining points plot along a Pb-loss trend anchored at an upper concordant cluster with a Concordia age of 992 ± 12 Ma (Figure 7). The Pb-loss pattern is consistent with present-day loss. Sample No. CG1 The sample belongs to mica schist mylonite of the Phulad thrust. The mylonite is foliated containing dynamically recrystallized elliptical quartz grains arranged oblique to the mylonitic foliation; these oblique grains deﬁne mylonitic S foliation. The monazites are elliptical in shape and occur oblique to the C fabric indicating its synshearing recrystallization (Figure 8A). The monazite grains contain domains; the lighter domain shows low Y and high Th values and produces an age of 813 Ma to 716 Ma (Figures 8B–D). This age corresponds to D2 events. The darker domain contains fractures and produces an age of ca. 590 Ma suggesting the age of brittle deformation event. Isochron plot and probability curve indicate three events 819–680–588 Ma and 811–700–569 Ma, respectively (Figures 8E,F). The D2 deformation and thrusting belong to ca 811–680 Ma and the brittle deformation is at ca. 588–569 Ma. Sample No. B4 The sample is collected from pre-Delhi upper amphibolite facies slivers emplaced within Phulad thrust; there are several elliptical monazite grains aligned parallel to the mylonitic foliation (Figures 8G,I). Grains are fractured along the edge and yield ages as ca. 706 Ma and 550 Ma (Figure 8H), indicating age of the D2 and D4 brittle deformation events, respectively. In addition, several rounded grains (Figure 8J) resembling the rounded garnet grains (Figure 4C) occur in the rock. These monazite grains crystallized during pre-Delhi metamorphism and yield higher ages as 1,595 to 1,638 Ma. Isochron and probability curve indicate two age clusters (Figures 8K,L). The pre-Delhi metamorphism is at ca. 1,611–1,609 Ma and the D2 is at ca. 704–686 Ma. Sample No. TKB-4 The sample is collected from Sumel granite (Figure 2C). The zircons range from euhedral crystals to irregular shape indicating the presence of various xenocrystic components. Faintly observable oscillatory zoning suggests magmatic growth (Figure 6, textural details in Appendix). One analysis yielded an older age of ca 2,890 ±87 Ga, but plots slightly under Concordia (TKB- 4–3, Figure 7). This grain is interpreted to reﬂect a xenocrystic component in the granite dyke. The remaining analyses mainly plot along a broad Pb-loss trend, with the highest U grains plotting inversely discordant (Figure 7). The trend appears to be subparallel to Concordia and most likely related to ancient Pb-loss, possibly during intrusion of the regional granite suites or during subsequent metamorphism. The oldest cluster of concordant grains in the population and also the zircon with the lowest f206 provide a Concordia age of 946 ± 18 Ma, which could reﬂect the emplacement age of the granite dyke. One zircon (TKB4–7), analyzed twice during the session, provides a concordant data point at 270 ± 12 Ma and corresponds to a subangular zircon grain with faint sector zoning. This young grain would put the age of emplacement of the granite dykes at 270 Ma, with the older populations reﬂecting inheritance of ca. 950 Ma aged zircon, recording Pb-loss due to a metamorphic event either at or before 270 Ma. Zircon geochronology suggests that the granites of the study area were emplaced during two distinct periods, one at 992–946 Ma and the other at ca. 878 Ma (Table 1). The former is pre-D1 while the latter is syn -D1. The granite carries xenocrysts from the basement rock showing ages ca. 1,634 Ma, ca. 2,765 Ma, and ca. 2,890 Ma. The intrusion of pegmatite veins in the granite along fractures is ca.270 Ma. Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org Sample No. B-5 The sample is collected from the mica schist, west of Babra. The monazite grains are equant in shape with moderate to low ellipticity (Figures 9A–D). They occur parallel to S1 fabric in the rock and developed during D1-M1. It contains domains; the lighter domains, lying at the outer edge of the grain, are Y poor and Th rich and yield higher age as ca. 886 Ma while the darker domains, present in the center of the grain, show ages as ca. 783–597 Ma (Figure 9B). Fracture along the grain margin channelized the ﬂuid into the core of the grain resulting in rejuvenation of the age. There are three isochrons indicating as many events as 864 Ma for D1, 718 Ma for D2, and 588 Ma for brittle deformation (Figure 9E). Probability graph indicates three peaks at ca. 846, 697, and 564 Ma (Figure 9F), for D1, M1, and D2 and brittle deformation events, respectively. Sample No. R4 The sample is collected from the mica schist (Figure 9G) close to the Pratapgarh. The monazite grains occur within biotite and are rounded to ellipsoidal with compositional domains (Figures 9H–J). The Y low/high Th domains yield higher ages as ca. 863 Ma corresponding to D1-M1, and Y poor domains yield ca. 792 Ma corresponding to D2 (Figure 9H). The isochrons indicate two ages ca. 865 and 720 Ma (Figure 9K) and probability curve 25 February 2021 | Volume 8 | Article 594355 Singh et al. Age of South Delhi Orogeny contains peaks at ca. 852 and 743 Ma (Figure 9L) corresponding to D1 and D2, respectively. The result of the monazite geochronology can be summarized that the D1-M1 is ca. 865 Ma; it continued up to 846 Ma. The D2 is ca. 811–680 Ma and D4 brittle deformation is ca. 588 to 564 Ma. The pre-Delhi deformation and metamorphism were at 1,638 Ma (Table 1). The D1 deformation age nearly coincides with D1 age derived from zircon age of Sewariya granite (878 Ma). Combining these ages, we deﬁne the D1-M1 age as 878–846 Ma. The D2 event included both folding and thrusting. Therefor a spread in ages is indicated (811–680 Ma). Thrusting is marked by ﬂuid ﬂow and therefore resets the ages to ca. 680 Ma, in most cases. Therefore, we are taking ca. 680 Ma as the lower age limit for thrusting. The roll of D3 deformation cannot be ruled out for such wide spread of ages. The age of D4 deformation is at ca 588–564 Ma. More peraluminous nature implies there is little contribution from mantle (Ray et al., 2015). Our study ﬁnds similar result as the granite is peraluminous, S type, more calcic, and syncollisional in nature (Figure 5). However, some of the analysis lies in rift setting (Figure 5F). Collision/subduction of the South Delhi Terrane resulted in the melting of the Delhi metasediments and produced such granite. Life Span of South Delhi Orogeny The South Delhi orogeny is constrained by multiple proxies as deformation, metamorphism, geochemistry, and geochronology of pre- and synorogenic granites and tectonometamorphic fabric. The study area is represented by greenschist facies rocks which are intruded by two phases of granites; the Sewariya granite is the youngest. All the plutons carry the imprint of D1 deformation; hence the D1 deformation cannot be older than Sewariya pluton. Geochemically it is S type and produced in a syncollisional setting. In addition, we have illustrated that the Sewariya pluton shows a transition from magmatic/submagmatic to solid state deformation fabric S1, from core to the margin. At the margin it shows perfect coupling with S1 fabric in the host mica schist. This is an evidence of syntectonic (syn-D1-M1) nature of granite intrusion. The granite yields a zircon age of ca. 0.87 Ga that marks the initiation of the South Delhi orogeny. We did the monazite dating of tectonometamorphic fabric which further constrains the D1-M1 age at ca. 0.86–0.84 Ga. The D2 event is constrained at ca. 0.81 to 0.68 Ga. Though D3 event could not be dated, the spread in D2 ages (nearly hundred years) may be partly due to the D3 event. Considering all these ages, it is suggested that the South Delhi orogeny is ca. 0.87–0.68 Ga old and much younger than the Grenvillian orogeny (1.3 Ga to 1.0 Ga/Li et al., 2008) and may be synchronous with early phase of Pan-African orogeny (ca. 0.9–0.7 Ga, Rogers and Santosh, 2002; Kroner and Stern, 2005; Rino et al., 2008; , Singh et al., 2010; Tiwari and Biswal, 2019a). The postorogenic brittle deformation in the SDT belongs to ca. 0.58–0.56 Ga that coincides with the period of Kuunga orogeny (0.65–0.5 Ga, Meert, 2003; Pradhan et al., 2009) representing the later part of Pan-African orogeny (Ambaji area, 0.76–0.65 Ga, Tiwari and Biswal, 2019b; Pali area, ca. 0.6 Ga, Bhardwaj and Biswal, 2019). Our study shows a similarity with other parts of the SDT. The D1 event was dated at ca. 0.87–0.86 Ga and thrusting at ca. 0.81–0.78 Ga from Ambaji area (Tiwari and Biswal, 2019a) and thrusting at ca. 0.81 Ga from Phulad area (Chatterjee et al., 2017). Further, on the eastern ﬂank of the SDT near Srinagar, the granite bears post-0.98 Ga deformation imprint (Ruj and Dasgupta, 2014; Bose et al., 2017). The Sirohi Terrane in the west of SDT shows a deformation age between 0.89 and 0.8 Ga (Arora et al., 2017). Earlier view that the South Delhi orogeny is Grenvillian comes from 1.0 Ga age of Pratapgarh, Sumel, Chang, and Sendra plutons (0.98 Ga, Tobisch et al., 1994; 0.96 Ga/Pandit et al., 2003; 0.97 Ga/ Tiwana et al., 2019), but geochemistry of these granites suggests that these are I type, produced from remelting of basic rocks, and intruded in postorogenic intracontinental extensional setting. The granites lack magmatic fabric, deformed by all phases of DISCUSSION Tectonic Setting of Metarhyolite and Granite The Chang, Sendra, and Pratapgarh plutons (Figure 2C) intruded the calcareous schist and folded the surrounding rocks in the core of the SDT, showing similar geochemical character and isotopic age (Tobisch et al., 1994; Pandit et al., 2003, Tiwana et al., 2019; present study). Previous studies by Pandit et al. (2003) and Tiwana et al. (2019) suggest that these are A2-subtype granites (cf. Eby, 1992) and are generated from subcontinental lithosphere or lower continental crust in postcollisional or postorogenic settings, perhaps during late-stage extensional collapse. Based on initial Sr isotope composition (0.710), the Chang pluton was suggested to be derived from basic magmatic source, produced from remelting of Archaean Banded Gneissic Complex in an Andean type magmatic setting (Pandit et al., 2003). The plutons were metamorphosed during South Delhi orogeny. Our study suggests that the Pratapgath granite is meta-aluminous, I type, and calc-alkaline (Figure 5) and was produced from the remelting of basic igneous rocks at 750–800°C (zircon saturation temperature). Further, Rb, NB, and Y values indicate the granite to represent within plate magma intruded in intracontinental rift setting. These led to implication that the post-Aravalli (globally post-Columbia and Grenvillian) rifting of the Marwar Craton formed the South Delhi basin and granite was intruded in the basin in an extensional setting. Rupnagar metarhyolite was studied for the ﬁrst time by us. It occurs as synsedimentary lava ﬂows. Geochemical data indicates it is peralkaline, I type, and alkalic to alkali-calcic composition (Figure 5). The Rb- Nb-Y and Na2O + K2O–(CaO + MgO) *5 Fe2O3 (t) * 5 plot shows within plate magma intruded in a continental rift setting. This implies that the rifting of the Marwar Craton led to alkali volcanism in the South Delhi basin. The Sewariya pluton exhibits a different tectonic setting altogether. Previous study (Bhattacharjee et al., 1993; Ray et al., 2015; Sivasubramaniam et al., 2019) shows that the granite is peraluminous being produced from melting of Delhi metasediments at higher water pressure (3 kb) at 750°C by muscovite breakdown reaction in a subduction zone setting. Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org 26 February 2021 | Volume 8 | Article 594355 Singh et al. Age of South Delhi Orogeny deformation as the metasediments and metamorphosed in greenschist facies. The plagioclase and K-feldspar retained their magmatic habit. Based on these we interpret that these plutons are preorogenic to SDT and intruded at the time of rifting of South Delhi basin. As far as age of rifting and sedimentation are concerned, previous study on SDT constrained it at ca. 1.7–1.0 Ga (Wang et al., 2014) and ca. 1.2–0.86 Ga (Singh et al., 2010). Our study on the Rupnagar metarhyolite that stands as an unequivocal evidence of synsedimentary bimodal volcanism like many in the SDT (Bhattacharjee et al., 1988) provides an age of 0.98 Ga that lies within the above age range. Thus, the rifting and formation of South Delhi basin overlap with Rodinia amalgamation event (ca. 1.3–0.9 Ga). Hence, while many continents were experiencing orogenic event, the SDT was undergoing rifting. Another viewpoint that advocates the South Delhi orogeny to be Grenvillian is the 1.0 Ga metamorphic imprint on 1.7–1.5 Ga old granulite of the Pilwa-Chinwali area. As these outcrops occur in the north of the study area Bhowmik et al. (2018) considered the granulite to be part of SDT. However, Fareeduddin et al. (1994) suggested the granulite to be pre-Delhi and belongs to Sandmata Terrane. Our ﬁnding suggests that the upper amphibolite grade slivers of ca. 1.6 Ga (equivalent to PilwaChinwali granulite) occur within SDT as tectonic inclusions along the Phulad thrust. The mineral assemblage is in sharp contrast with the surrounding mica schist. We suggest that the Pilwa-Chinwali granulite represents basement for the SDT and it has been exhumed by thrusting and normal faulting along Govindgarh-Jethana fault. Further, the xenocrysts in the Pratapgarh and Sewariya granites yield similar ages (ca. 1.6 Ga, 2.7 Ga, and 2.8 Ga). Furthermore, the Beawar gneiss occurs as exhumed basement block to the east of the study area and shows the age as ca. 0.8 Ga, 1.0 Ga, 1.6 Ga, and 2.8 Ga old (Kaur et al., 2020). Hence 1.0 Ga metamorphic event is an event in the basement not in the SDT. et al., 2008; Meert et al., 2013; Johansson, 2014; Pisarevsky et al., 2014; Oriolo et al., 2017). i. Before 1.0 Ga (Figure 10A): At 1.2 Ga India was in the polar latitude (Pradhan et al., 2009) as a separate landmass, away from Rodinia Supercontinent. By then, the Dharwar Craton of India was separated from Sarmatia at 1.3 Ga, the eastern margin of India was not connected to Antarctica and Australia, and the Marwar Craton, Madagascar, and Syechelles were bordering the western margin of India (Pisarevsky et al., 2013). The Arabian-Nubian shield was located to the south (Figure 10). ii. Ca. 1.0–0.9 Ga (Figure 10B): Grenvillian orogeny took place, consequently India amalgamated with Antarctica, the Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt and Rayner Complex formed through subduction and collision (Dasgupta et al., 2013), and in turn Antarctica and Australia amalgamated with the Laurentia completing the assembly of the Rodinia. Thus Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt is considered to be a Grenvillian Mobile Belt. Further, the NW India witnessed discrete metamorphic events, e.g., Sandmata Terrane (Bhowmik and Dasgupta, 2012) and North Delhi Terrane (Pant et al., 2008) of the ADMB. Following this, the NW India underwent extension and rifting reﬂecting a top-down process (e.g., Cawood et al., 2016). iii. After Rodinia (Figure 10B inset-1): Extension led to rifting in the Marwar-Aravalli-Bhilwara-Bundelkhanda Craton in NW India forming South Delhi basin. A simple shear extension model (cf. Wernicke, 1985) with westward inclined detachment probably created the South Delhi basin (Biswal et al., 1998a, b). In the simple shear model, the rotation of the faulted blocks is easier due to listric nature of the detachment fault which is steeper at the surface and gradually becomes gentler and horizontal at brittle-ductile boundary. This type of model has been applied to Basin and Range province, Bay of Biscay, and northwestern European continental shelf (Montadert et al., 1979; Kusznir et al., 1987; Lister et al., 1991). However, a pure shear model as proposed by McKenzie (1978) cannot be ruled out. In the pure shear model, lithospheric stretching takes place through conjugate planar faults. The slips along conjugate faults oppose each other (Ramsay and Huber, 1987) which is not there in a listric detachment fault postulated in the simple shear model. However, mechanism of basin formation is beyond the scope of the paper. The sediments were deposited in fault-bounded basin. Thick erosional unconformity with conglomerate formed at several parts of the SDT. Biomodal volcanism produced rhyolite and basalt ﬂows (Rupnagar metarhyolite) which are dated at ca. 0.98 Ga in the study area. Granites emplaced in extension setting, namely, Bilara granite and Sendra-ChangPratapgarh-Sumel plutons at ca. 1.0–0.9 Ga. With progressive lithospheric stretching, the MOR developed on the east (Figure 10C inset −1); the Phulad ophiolites, Ranakpur diorite, and Sirohi plagiogranite (ca. 1.0 Ga, Volpe and Macdougall, 1990; Dharma Rao et al., 2013) were part of the oceanic crust. This represents the South Delhi Orogeny in Relation to East Gondwana Tectonics The East Gondwana includes much of the continents of Australia, India, and Antarctica, which underwent several phases of amalgamation and separation in the Proterozoic period (Fitzsimons, 2000; Collins and Pisarevsky, 2005; Pradhan et al., 2009). It was not a coherent mass during much of Rodinia and Gondwana amalgamation; they ﬁnally joined together in Neoproterozoic-Cambrian period in bits and pieces. Thus, individual continents in the assembly were not even completely amalgamated; this is proven from India (Collins and Pisarevsky, 2005). For example the Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt provides evidence for ﬁnal suturing between India and Antarctica during Cambrian (ca. 0.51 Ga/Biswal et al., 2007). The present study on SDT points to amalgamation of Marwar Craton with Bundelkhanda Craton during Neoproterozoic (ca.0.87 Ga). Based on our ﬁnding we are proposing a model for the SDT in reference to amalgamation of Rodinia and Gondwana, using the reconstruction of Supercontinents proposed by several researchers (Figure 10, cf. Powell and Pisarevsky, 2002; Li Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org 27 February 2021 | Volume 8 | Article 594355 Singh et al. Age of South Delhi Orogeny FIGURE 10 | Cartons showing position of India during continental assembly and breakup. (A) 1.3–1.1 Ga, Rodinia was under amalgamation; India separated from Baltica, drifted to join Antarctica and Australia. (B) East Gondwana continents amalgamated to complete Rodinia assembly by 1.0 Ga. Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt developed in the SE margin of India by subduction/collision between India and Antarctica. Synchronously, the NW margin of India underwent internal rifting that led to the formation of South Delhi basin. A simple shear model has been proposed for basin opening (Figure 10B, inset 1) (e.g., Wernicke, 1985, model drawn cf.; Allen and Allen, 2013). The sediments were laid down with a prominent erosional unconformity over granitic basement, marked by conglomerate and paleosol. Further, bimodal volcanism (982 Ma) occurred and granite plutons (992–946 Ma) intruded in the basin, (C) Ca 880 Ma, Rodinia broke up; East Gondwana continents were drifted apart. (Continued ) Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org 28 February 2021 | Volume 8 | Article 594355 Singh et al. Age of South Delhi Orogeny FIGURE 10 | Synchronously, the South Delhi basin closed by subduction/collision, to form SDT, pro- and retro-wedge thrust belts formed. The study area belongs to retro-wedge part (C, insets 1, 2, 3, model of subduction, collision, and extension, cf. Allen and Allen, 2013), (D) Ca. 600 -530, East and West Gondwana continents amalgamated to form Gondwana. The SDT experienced brittle tectonics during this period. Number of faults developed (D, inset 1). The Eastern Ghats and several other, Columbia-Rodinia related mobile belts of Peninsular India were overprinted by ca. 0.5 Ga brittle as well as ductile deformation. Brittle tectonics continued till 270 Ma when Gondwana broke up; pegmatite veins in the SDT bear testimony for that. introversion tectonics as the juvenile crust formed out of such rifting is younger than the age of the breakup (cf. Murphy and Nance, 2013). iv. Rodinia breakup and South Delhi orogeny (0.88–0.65 Ga, Figure 10C). Rodinia broke up and India was detached from Antarctica and Australia along Eastern Ghats and was placed near the north pole by 0.82 Ga (Powell and Pisarevsky, 2002). Breakup of Rodinia gave rise to the opening of major oceans, namely, Mozambique Ocean (Figure 10C) and Iapetus Ocean (Figure 10D) (e.g., Cawood et al., 2001; Meert and Torsvik, 2003; Li et al., 2008). However, the SDT witnessed subduction/collision between Bundelkhanda + Aravalli Craton and Marwar Craton. The oceanic crust was subducted westward forming continental arc with granite magmatism ranging in ca 0.87–0.76 Ga (Figure 10C, inset 1,2) (Erinpura granite, Ambaji granite, and Sewariya granite, Malani Igneous Suite; Sinha Roy, 1988; Sugden et al., 1990; Synchanthavong and Desai, 1977; Biswal et al., 1998b; Singh et al., 2010). Possibly, the detachment zone in the basin converted to a northwesterly dipping subduction zone/collision zone. Seismic reﬂection data support a NW dipping thrust plane at the contact between SDT and Sandmata Terrane (Satyavani et al., 2004). The magmatic arc was extending upto Madagascar in the south (Singh et al., 2010) and South China in the north (Zhao et al., 2018) as indicated by the presence of similar age granite (ca. 0.7 Ga, Singh et al., 2010) in those far-off continents (Figure 10C). The Marwar Craton, which was forming the overriding plate, was completely metacratonized by intrusion of these granitic rocks. The metacratonization was so extensive that Archean outcrops are hardly survived in Marwar Cratonic domain; the Azania block in Madagascar may be the survived part of extensive Marwar Craton (Singh et al., 2010). Along the magmatic arc, several low grade metasedimentary outcrops (roof pendants) occur within expansive granite outcrops, which constitute the Sirohi Terrane (Figure 1B). With progressive subduction/collision, compression led to exhumation of rocks at 0.81–0.68 Ga by thrusting (cf. Tiwari and Biswal, 2019a). The SDT is marked by pro- as well as retro-wedge thrust belts (cf. Naylor and Sinclair, 2008). The study area Beawar-Babra sector belongs to retrowedge thrust belts while the eastern part around Shyamgarh (Figure 2A) belongs to pro-wedge thrust belt, together forming a doubly-vergent orogen (Hahn et al., 2020) v. The SDT type Tonian-Cryogenian (1.0–0.72 Ga) rifting occurred between landmasses in the West Gondwana (Oriolo et al., 2017). The Arabian-Nubian shield shows signature of ca. 0.88–0.7 Ga accretion of island arcs and juvenile crust (Kroner and Stern, 2005); the Dahomey Belt Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org has subduction with associated back-arc extension and development of island arc (Ganade et al., 2016); Borborema Province has ca. 0.85–0.75 Ga juvenile material (Ganade de Araujo et al., 2014) and the São Gabriel Block has ca. 0.9–0.7 Ga old intraoceanic subduction (Fortes de Lena et al., 2014). vi. Ca.0.6–0.53 Ga (Amalgamation of Gondwana Supercontinent): Collision and strike-slip shearing led to amalgamation of different Gondawana blocks along PanAfrican orogens (Figure 10D). The Mozambique ocean closed through Kuunga orogeny (0.65–0.5 Ga), bringing together the West and East Gondwana continents along East African Orogen (Figure 10D, Collins and Windley, 2002; Meert, 2003). India initially joined with Australia at ca. 0.6 Ga through strike-slip shearing (Powell and Pisarevsky, 2002) and later at 0.53 with Antarctica through collision. The Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt thrusts over Bastar Craton along the terrane boundary shear zone at 0.51 Ga (TBSZ, Biswal et al., 2007). During this period, the SDT experienced extensional tectonics (Figure 10D inset-1) that produced several prominent faults, namely, Kui-Chitraseni fault, Surpagla-Kengora fault, and Govindgarh-Jethana fault. Extensional basins like Sindreth and Punagarh developed in the intra-arch region (Figure 10C, inset-3, cf. Schobel et al., 2017). The brittle tectonics in the ADMB continued till the breakup of Gondwana. The N-S fractures that host 0.27 Ga pegmatite veins in the study area probably belong to Gondwana breakup period. CONCLUSION (1) We applied the tectonic fabric and geochemistry of the granite and metarhyolite in combination with zircon and monazite geochronology to date the South Delhi orogeny. The Pratapgarh-Sumel granite plutons intruded in extensional setting during rifting, Rupnagar metarhyolite extruded during sedimentation, and all these yielded an age of ca. 992–946 Ma. The Sewariya granite is syncollisional and produced an age of ca. 878 Ma. It is syntectonic with D1 as indicated by coplanar attitude of magmatic Sm and S1 fabrics. The monazite geochronology estimated the age of D1-M1 metamorphism at 865–846 Ma, the D2 at 810–680 Ma, and brittle deformation D4 at 588–564 Ma. We suggest that the South Delhi orogeny is ca. 878 to 680 Ma old and coeval with early part of the PanAfrican orogeny. (2) The South Delhi orogeny brought amalgamation of the Marwar Craton with Aravalli-Bhilwara-Bundelkhanda Craton that led in process to forming a united Indian 29 February 2021 | Volume 8 | Article 594355 Singh et al. Age of South Delhi Orogeny subcontinent, in the East Gondwana assembly. This strengthens the view that the East Gondwana blocks were sutured in bits and pieces till Neoproterozoic-Cambrian period. (3) The Marwar Craton was extensively metacratonized by ≤878 Ma granites during South Delhi orogeny so that the Archaean rocks are totally lost from the cratonic domain. Similar metacratonization is also observed in Mangalwar and Sandmata terranes during Aravalli orogeny. Migmatization of Archean rocks and intrusion of charnockitic magma completely reset the age of the rocks in those terranes to Mesoproterozoic. AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS All authors listed have made a substantial, direct, and intellectual contribution to the work and approved it for publication. 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Zircons from sample TKB-3 range in size from 50 to 150 µm and have length to width ratios of 1:1 to 3:1. The zircon grains are subangular in shape, with some subrounded zircon. CL image reveals relatively low response, with dark oscillatory zoning patterns, consistent with magmatic zircon (Figure 6). Twenty-one analyses were conducted on twenty-one zircons and resulted in variable f206 values between 0 and 21.7%. One zircon (TKB-3–16) recorded very high U and Th values, but the Uranium and Thorium content for all other zircons range between 100 and 1802 and 29 and 1,071 ppm, respectively (Table 3), resulting in Th/U ratios between 0.02 and 1.96. The lowest Th/U values were recorded on angular euhedral zircon with clear oscillatory patterns, and the overall range of Th/ U values and CL patterns suggest the zircon to be magmatic in character. Sample TKB-4. Zircons from sample TKB-4 range in size from 50 to 200 µm and have highly variable length to width ratios between 1:1 and 4:1 (Figure 6). The zircons range from euhedral crystals, to irregular and rounded shapes, interpreted to possibly reﬂect the presence of various xenocrystic components. CL image reveals very low response for all zircons, with very faintly observable oscillatory zoning suggestive of magmatic growth (Figure 6). Twenty-eight analyses were conducted, including two analyses on a single zircon (TKB-4–7). Except for a few zircons, the analyses show high f206 values, ranging from 0 to 18.70%. The higher values correspond to high U and high Th zircon, and the U and Th values in the zircon are in the ranges 30–4,903 and 4–3,773 ppm, respectively, with Th/U ratios between 0 and 2.14. Nineteen analyses display extremely low Th/U values consistent with metamorphic zircon, but these analyses correspond to euhedral elongate zircon grains and are thus unlikely related to metamorphic growth. APPENDIX Textural interpretation of zircon: Sample TKB-1. Zircons from this sample range in size from 50 to 150 µm and have length to width ratios of 1:1 to 3:1. The zircon crystals are subangular in shape. CL image reveals oscillatory zoning patterns, consistent with magmatic zircon (Figure 6). A small number of zircons have small homogenous overgrowths, but none were large enough to allow measuring on the instrument. Seventeen analyses were conducted on seventeen separate grains and indicate low levels of f206 (proportion of nonradiogenic 206Pb in total 206Pb), between 0 and 2.02 (Table 3). Uranium and Thorium values are in the ranges 118–434 and 55–470 ppm, respectively, resulting in Th/U ratios between 0.24 and 1.69, typical for magmatic zircon. Sample TKB-2. Zircons from this sample range in size from 50 to 150 µm and have length to width ratios of 1:1 to 2:1. The zircon grains are dominantly subangular to subrounded. CL image reveals oscillatory zoning patterns, consistent with magmatic zircon (CL Figure 6). Some zircons show an inner medium-CL domain of oscillatory zoning, overgrown by an outer higher-CL domain, also oscillatory zoned. The internal zoning patterns in the zircon are consistent with growth from magmatic ﬂuids. A small number of zircons have small homogenous dark-CL overgrowths, possibly related to metamorphic overgrowth, but none were large enough to allow measurement. Thirty analyses were conducted on thirty grains, all on oscillatory zoned domains. One analysis resulted in extremely high U and Th counts and plots inversely discordant (TKB-2–20, Table 3). The 29 remaining analyses yielded f206 values between 0 and 9.51%, with U and Th in the ranges 115–483 and 101–681 ppm, respectively. Th/U ratios are in the range 0.79–1.73, consistent with magmatic zircon. Frontiers in Earth Science | www.frontiersin.org 35 February 2021 | Volume 8 | Article 594355

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