This study presents the comparative distribution and composition of Neoarchean sanukitoid massifs from the Karelian (Fennoscandian Shield) and Bundelkhand (Indian Shield) Cratons. It has been established that sanukitoid massifs from both the cratons are localised in linear zones nearly parallel to their respective greenstone belts. Neoarchean (2.56-2.53 Ga) sanukitoids from Bundelkhand are geochemically similar to those from Central and Western Karelian zones (2.72-2.68 Ga) while they are less differentiated as compared to the sanukitoids from Eastern Karelia (2.74-2.73 Ga). The geochemical similarities in sanukitoids from both these cratons, their proximity with coeval arctype volcanic rocks and location in linear zones are suggestive that subduction related processes might have been responsible for their formation in both Karelian as well as Bundelkhand cratons.
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