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Title: Disentangling tectonic cycles along a multiply deformed terrane

margin: Structural and metamorphic evidence for mid-crustal
reworking of the Angul granulite complex, Eastern Ghats Belt, India
Authors: Sarkar, Meenakshi; Gupta, Saibal; Panigrahi, M. K.
Affiliation: Department of Geology and Geophysics, Indian Institute of
Technology, Kharagpur 721 302, India. Corresponding author. Fax:
+91 3222 255 303.
Publication: Journal of Structural Geology, Volume 29, Issue 5, p. 802-818.
Publication Date: 05/2007
Origin: ELSEVIER
Abstract Copyright: Elsevier Ltd
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2007.01.005
Bibliographic Code: 2007JSG....29..802S

Abstract

Modern orogenic belts may be rifted and reworked during later tectonic cycles. In ancient
collision zones, such as the Eastern Ghats Belt (EGB), India, identification of such processes
is complicated by the multiply folded nature of the exposed deep crustal section. Along the
northern EGB margin, (M1) granulite facies metamorphism (˜7 8 kbar, >760 °C) at ˜960 930
Ma outlasted D1 fabric formation, and D2 isoclinal folding and shearing. N-S trending mafic
dykes and N-S trending, west-dipping shear zones accompanied D3 extension. Syn-
D3 cooling and decompression caused garnet breakdown in mafic granulites. Granite and
pegmatite emplacement at c. 850 Ma accompanied uplift on E-W trending, subvertical
D4 shear planes. Top-to-the-south thrusting on WNW-ESE trending, north-dipping D5 shears
resulted in regional-scale fabric reorientation. During M2 amphibolite facies metamorphism
(˜5.5 kbar, 630 °C) at c. 700 Ma following D5, garnet reformed in mafic granulites, and
stabilized within syn-D3 mafic dykes and syn-D4 granites. Thus, the terrane margin
experienced heating, loading and uplift during a first tectonic cycle, followed by renewed
burial during a later orogeny. Since the mesoscopic-scale folds correspond to shears that
interfere in low strain zones, the structural pattern represents heterogeneous, rather than
homogeneous strain accommodation during mid-crustal deformation.