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Successive stages of interaction between felsic and mafic magma in the Bundelkhand craton, India: A petrographic investigation

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A complex magma mingling/interaction zone in the Bundelkhand craton, Central India, was formed when several pulses of mafic magma interacted with the still-crystallising felsic magma. Coeval emplacements of mafic−felsic magmas (marked by the cuspate−lobate boundary, crystal transfer, and hybrid rocks) produce various styles of interactions (besides the formation of the mafic magmatic enclaves). These are included in the mafic patches, hybrid enclaves, tabular sheet/dykes in the felsic rocks; granitoid back-veins and enclaves in the mafic rocks. Each interacting features exhibit distinct texture of minerals is documented. A model of coeval emplacements of mafic−felsic magmas is presented by the four successive stages of interaction. During stage I, a mixed boundary layer between the felsic and mafic phases was formed facilitating strong mechanical exchange. Mafic enclaves in the felsic phase were formed in stage II. During stage III, back-veining of the felsic melt into the mafic phase took place. Stage IV or the late stage of mingling is manifested by the formation of amoeboid titanites.

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A complex MMZ is present in the Bundelkhand craton. The MMZ involves four stages of the interaction of the mafic−felsic magmas. Each stage exhibits a distinct textural characteristic of minerals.

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The authors acknowledge the Earth and Environmental Science Department, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal for providing financial and logistic support. TD acknowledges the Geological Survey of India, Kolkata for providing laboratory support. A few data are taken from the previous work of TD. The authors thank Professor Tapas Bhattacharyya for his valuable suggestions. The authors also thank the anonymous reviewers and the editor for their valuable comments that immensely helped in improving the quality of the manuscript.

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The study was conceived and designed by J Mallik and T Deb. The manuscript writing and fieldwork were done by T Deb. Both the authors contributed towards the data analyses, the discussion and representation of the results.

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Deb, T., Mallik, J. Successive stages of interaction between felsic and mafic magma in the Bundelkhand craton, India: A petrographic investigation. J Earth Syst Sci 131, 48 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-021-01778-w

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