Recycled Detrital Quartz Grains Are Sedimentary Rock Fragments Indicating Unconformities: Examples from the Chhattisgarh Supergroup, Bastar Craton, India

Basu, Abhijit; Schieber, Jüergen; Patranabis‐Deb, Sarbani; Dhang, Pratap Chandra

doi:10.2110/jsr.2013.28

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“…Distinguishing between first‐ and multi‐cycle quartzose arenites is difficult as sediment derived from one provenance terrain is remobilized and mixed with sediment from other sources, resulting in the diagnostic characteristics of their provenance being obscured (Von Eynatten & Dunkl, 2012). Typically, multi‐cycle arenites include recycled quartz overgrowths (Basu et al, 2013) and potentially transported fluid inclusions (Haile et al, 2021) but there is no evidence of these in the Ghaggar‐Hakra Formation. This is not surprising, as the proposed earlier provenance reservoirs (Jodhpur Group and Lathi Formation) contain few quartz overgrowths.…”

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Origin of Lower Cretaceous quartzose arenites in northern India and the Indus Basins of Pakistan—The result of provenance composition, weathering or diagenesis?

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Lower Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) sandstones of the Ghaggar-Hakra Formation in the Barmer Basin of northwest Rajasthan, India, have a complex depositional history which is confusing given they are quartzose arenites. The heavy mineral grains are very well-rounded, and the assemblage is dominated by zircon and rutile grains suggesting that the sediments have been recycled multiple times, whilst the presence of staurolite indicates a metapelite provenance component. Petrographical analysis suggests that extreme diagenesis cannot account for the quartzose arenite composition, despite Early Cretaceous soil formation and at least two periods of subsequent telogenetic modification. An alternative explanation to extreme chemical weathering in the provenance area is that the Ghaggar-Hakra sandstones are multi-cycle sediments derived, at least in part, from the quartzose arenites of the Cambrian Jodhpur Group. This analysis suggests that variations in detrital mineralogy across the Western India Rift System and Indus Basins are the result of transcontinental fluvial transport systems sourcing sediment from specific basement highs (Nagar Parker High, Devikot High, Deodar Ridge and Aravalli Mountain Range) mixed with varying proportions of sediment derived from sandstones of the Jodhpur Group. Consequently, we suggest that Cretaceous fluvial systems were controlled by the local palaeogeographies within the failed rifts of the Barmer and Cambay Basins and that both basins formed barriers to sediment transport from the Aravalli Mountain Range across the northwest Indian plate and into surrounding basins. EAGE BEAUMONT et al. Highlights • Ghaggar-Hakra Formation sandstones are compositionally quartzose arenites. • Weathering and diagenesis cannot account for the quartzose arenite composition. • Alternative explanation is that Ghaggar-Hakra sandstones are multicycle sediments. • Most likely from the quartzose arenites of the Cambrian Jodhpur Group.

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Origin of Lower Cretaceous quartzose arenites in northern India and the Indus Basins of Pakistan—The result of provenance composition, weathering or diagenesis?

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“…Inherited quartz overgrowths, particularly those enclosed by subsequent euhedral overgrowths (Figure 5d), are easily overlooked and misinterpreted as in situ cement by optical microscope analysis alone unless dust rims are present (e.g. Austin, 1974; Basu et al., 2013; Burley et al., 1989; Cooper et al., 2000). Regardless of whether dust rims are present or not, SEM RGB (coloured) CL imaging can be used to differentiate multiple quartz overgrowths from each other (e.g.…”

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“…Regardless of whether dust rims are present or not, SEM RGB (coloured) CL imaging can be used to differentiate multiple quartz overgrowths from each other (e.g. Basu et al., 2013). The CL contrasts between the inner and outer overgrowths show a divergent microstructure possibly as consequence of changing physio‐chemical conditions during their formation processes.…”

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“…The observed multiple generations of quartz overgrowths is an additional sign of sediment recycling (e.g. Basu et al., 2013). The inner quartz overgrowth with rounded surfaces observed in the Stø Formation likely represents an inherited cement phase, whereas the outer rim overgrowth with euhedral to subrounded surface texture represents a subsequent cement phase postdating final deposition.…”

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Quartz overgrowth textures and fluid inclusion thermometry evidence for basin‐scale sedimentary recycling: An example from the Mesozoic Barents Sea Basin

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Sedimentary recycling has the potential to obscure source-to-sink relationships, provenance interpretations, burial history reconstructions and robust reservoir quality predictions in siliciclastic sedimentary basins. Here, we integrate petrographic and cathodoluminescence microtextures with fluid inclusion thermometry in quartz overgrowths to identify sedimentary recycling and to constrain the potential provenance candidate for recycled grains in Lower Mesozoic sandstone of the western Barents Sea basin. Four diagenetic imprints were recognized as proof of sediment recycling: (a) microtextural surface properties of overgrowths, (b) the presence of overgrowths at sutured grain contacts, (c) reversed diagenetic sequences and (d) fluid inclusions within quartz overgrowths. The diagenetic imprints confirm delivery of recycled sediments across the western Barents Sea basin. Their widespread distribution across Highlights • Diagenetic imprints in quartz record basin infill history.• Quartz overgrowth textures and fluid inclusions shed insight on basin-scale sediment recycling.• Fluid inclusions in quartz can elucidate potential provenance candidates for recycled grains. How to cite this article: Haile BG, Line LH, Klausen TG, et al. Quartz overgrowth textures and fluid inclusion thermometry evidence for basin-scale sedimentary recycling: An example from the Mesozoic Barents Sea Basin.

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“…On some detrital quartz grains, abraded overgrowths are also noted. The presence of weathered quartz overgrowths unequivocally indicates a recycled material from older sediments (Basu et al 2013).…”

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Detrital heavy minerals as guides to provenance of Albian arenites of southern extra-Carpathian Poland

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Olszewska-Nejbert,

Nejbert

2023

Acta Geologica Polonica

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The potential of heavy minerals as a provenance tracer in Albian arenites of extra-Carpathian Poland was assessed. Studies in this area have focused on various methods based on heavy mineral chemistry that provide an effective tool for reconstructing the provenance of quartz-rich sediments. The previously suggested division of the study area into two domains with different source areas: the western domain – the Miechów area, and the eastern domain – the Lublin area, was based on geochronological (monazite and muscovite dating) and rutile mineral chemical studies. The mineral chemistry of newly examined heavy minerals supports the previously suggested division. The mineral chemistry of detrital tourmaline suggests medium-grade metamorphic rocks as the main source in both domains. Detrital garnet in the western domain shows affiliation to the Góry Sowie Massif, while garnet in the eastern domain was most probably sourced from southern/central Norway. The western domain was most probably fed from rocks of the Bohemian Massif. The main source area for the eastern domain was most probably located in the Baltic Shield. The distinct division of the study area into two domains was caused by the palaeogeography of the region in the Albian and the action of longshore currents in south-eastward and eastward directions. Supplementary Material 1 Supplementary Online Material 2

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Recycled Detrital Quartz Grains Are Sedimentary Rock Fragments Indicating Unconformities: Examples from the Chhattisgarh Supergroup, Bastar Craton, India

Cited by 15 publications

References 37 publications

Origin of Lower Cretaceous quartzose arenites in northern India and the Indus Basins of Pakistan—The result of provenance composition, weathering or diagenesis?

Origin of Lower Cretaceous quartzose arenites in northern India and the Indus Basins of Pakistan—The result of provenance composition, weathering or diagenesis?

Quartz overgrowth textures and fluid inclusion thermometry evidence for basin‐scale sedimentary recycling: An example from the Mesozoic Barents Sea Basin

Detrital heavy minerals as guides to provenance of Albian arenites of southern extra-Carpathian Poland

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