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The southern margin of the Archaean Dharwar craton, southern India is dominated by a series of tectonic blocks (Coorg, Shevaroy, Nilgiri, Namakkal, and Biligiri-Rangin) separated from each other by a complex set of shear zones. These tectonic blocks consist of Archaean (3.0 - 2.5 Ga) amphibolite- and granulite-facies granitoid terranes, which are plagioclase-rich and K-feldspar poor. The granulite-facies portion of each terrane is rich in orthopyroxene as opposed to the biotite- and amphibole-rich, orthopyroxene-absent amphibolite-facies portion.

The goal of the current project involves a detailed mineralogical and geochemical investigation of each of these blocks. These include investigations into oxide-sulphide relations and the role of oxidation; phosphate mineral associations involving fluorapatite and monazite; and silicate-oxide mineral chemistry, petrography, and P-T estimation as a function of metamorphic grade. Evidence for, and speculations concerning, the role of high-grade fluids in mass transfer, oxidation, metasomatic alteration, and conversion of biotite and amphibole to pyroxenes during regional granulite-facies metamorphism is one of the primary objectives of these investigations. The results from this study will then be applied on a more global scale to granulite-facies terranes worldwide in order to build up a larger worldview on the role of high-grade fluids during physical processes in and during the evolution of the continental lower crust. 

Abb.: Regional geology and tectonic framework of southern India (after the Geological Survey of India). A box outlines the Shevaroy Block. KSZ- Kumta shear zone, CoSZ- Coorg shear zone, CSZ- Chitradurga shear zone, MeSZ- Mettur shear zone, NSZ- Nallamalai shear zone, MSZ- Moyar shear zone, SASZ- Salem-Attur shear zone; BSZ- Bhavani shear zone, CaSZ- Cauvery shear zone, PCSZ- Palghat-Cauvery shear zone; ASZ- Achankoil shear zone, WDC- Western Dharwar craton, EDC- Eastern Dharwar craton, BR- Biligiri-Rangan.