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《International Geology Review》2012,54(11):1305-1315
Certain stratigraphic horizons of the lower Proterozoic Udokan contain ore deposits and shows in cupriferous sandstones of the Kodar-Uclokan structural and fades zone. Copper mineralization occurs in the Chitkanda, Aleksandrovst, Butun, Talakan, Salcukan and Naminga formations and is of sedimentary origin, syngenetic with its carrier rocks. Most cupriferous sandstones are found in the Chitkanda, Talakan and Sakukan formations; these facies are arranged in definite belts with relation to the copper source area. Areas of the Kodar-Udokan zone lying north of the southern boundary of the several copper belts (fig. 4) are the most promising for copper production. Also prospective are areas of young depressions in the north and southeast of the zone of copper belts. It may be that considerable stretches of the Udokan cupriferous horizons are to be found here.--IGR Staff 相似文献
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Numerous Cu deposits of the Udokan-Chineysky ore district (Udokan deposit of cupriferous sandstones, deposits of the Chineysky pluton, etc.), which occur in sedimentary and igneous rocks, are similar in many genetic features. One of these features is the similar parameters of fluid inclusions (hydrothermal fluids) in quartz of the Udokan deposit, rich chalcopyrite ores from the Rudnyi (Rudnyie deposit, and veins of the Pravoingamakitsky deposit studied previously. Fluid inclusions have the same range of high salinity and homogenization temperatures. These studies combined with geological data allow us to consider the formation of contact sulfide ores from the Chineisky pluton and Pravoingamakitsky and Udokan deposits as a common compound fluid-magmatic ore-generating system. The sedimentary rocks primarily enriched in chalcopyrite, pyrite, and pyrrhotite of the entire section of the Udokan complex served as the host media for the hydrothermal fluids and deposits of various scales. 相似文献
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B. N. Abramov 《Lithology and Mineral Resources》2011,46(4):353-362
Peculiarities of formation and ore potential of black shales of the Paleoproterozoic Udokan Group are considered. They are
compared to the stratotype (Khokholma Formation, Sukhoi Log gold deposit). The black shales are confined to lower parts of
the Paleoproterozoic sequence of the Udokan Group. They are observed in sections of the Chitkanda, Inyr, Ayan, and Ikab’ya
formations. The black shale complex of the Udokan Group is divided into three levels of Au concentration. The first level
with background Au contents is typical of barren shales; the second level is confined to sulfidized rocks; and the third level
is related to sulfide-quartz veins in the black shales. The average Au content is 0.12 g/t in the sulfidized shales and 0.28
g/t in the sulfide-quartz veins. Black shales of the Udokan Group and Khokholma Formation were formed in a relatively deep
shelf zone, while those of the Shaman Formation precipitated in a shallow zone. Protoliths of black shales of the Udokan Group
contained graywackes, diorites, syenites, basic rocks, and tuffites. Protoliths of black shales of the Khokholma Formation
were produced by the intense weathering of basic and ultrabasic rocks. 相似文献
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S. M. Moosavirad M. R. Janardhana M. S. Sethumadhav K. N. Prakash Narasimha 《Journal of the Geological Society of India》2012,79(5):483-496
Lower Jurassic sandstones of Shemshak Formation of Kerman basin, central Iran were analyzed for major and select trace elements to infer their provenance, palaeoweathering of source rocks and tectonic setting. Average modal framework components (Qt: F: L= 67.25: 2.41: 30.48) and chemical composition of the sandstones classify them as litharenites. The sandstones are quartz-rich (～ 67% quartz; 75.34 wt.% SiO2) and derived from a recycled orogen composed of quartzose sedimentary rocks. Average CIA, PIA and CIW values (69%, 76% and 80%, respectively) indicate moderate to intense chemical weathering of the source material. The inferred index of weathering/alteration is the sum total of intensities of weathering witnessed by the lithocomponents during atleast two cycles of sedimentation involving (1) chemical weathering of the source rocks («ultimate» granodiorite source and «proximal» quartzose sedimentary source), (2) chemical weathering during fluvial transport of the detritus, (3) chemical weathering of the detritus in depocenters, and (4) chemical weathering during diagenesis. Sandstones exhibit moderate maturity and were deposited under humid climatic conditions. Plots of the chemical analyses data on tectonic setting discrimination diagrams indicate active continental margin setting, which is in agreement with the tectonic evolutionary history of the Central Iran during Jurassic period. 相似文献
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Mohammad KHANEHBAD Reza MOUSSAVI-HARAMI Asadollah MAHBOUBI Mehdi NADJAFI Mohammad Hosein MAHMUDY GHARAIE 《《地质学报》英文版》2012,86(5):1200-1210
Geochemical analysis of sandstones from the Sardar Formation (from two stratigraphic successions) in east-central Iran were used for identification of geochemical characterization of sandstones, provenance and tectonic setting. Sandstones in the two lithostratigraphic successions have similar chemical compositions suggesting a common provenance. Bulk-rock geochemistry analysis of Carboniferous sandstones from Sardar Formation indicates that they are mainly quartz dominated and are classified as quartzarenites, sublitharenites and subarkoses, derived from acid igneous to intermediate igneous rocks. Discrimination function analysis indicates that the sandstones of Sardar Formation were derived from quartzose sedimentary provenance in a recycled orogenic setting. Also, major and trace elements in sandstones of Sardar Formation (e.g., K2O/Na2O vs. SiO2) indicate deposition in a stable passive continental margin (PM). Chemical index of alteration (CIA) for these rocks (> 65%) suggests a moderate to relatively high degree of weathering in the source area. 相似文献
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Wissem Gallala Mohamed Essghaier Gaied Mabrouk Montacer 《Journal of African Earth Sciences》2009,53(4-5):159-170
The chemical and mineralogical composition of the Sidi Aïch Formation sandstones in central and southwestern Tunisia has been investigated in order to infer the provenance and tectonic setting, as well as to appraise the influence of weathering. The sixteen studied samples are mainly composed of quartz, feldspar, kaolinite and/or illite. Sidi Aïch sandstones are mainly arkosic, potassic feldspar-rich and immature. Much of the feldspar was transformed to kaolinite. Concerning the relation between sandstone detrital composition and their depositional setting, the Sidi Aïch Formation sandstone in the major studied localities, probably accumulated in relatively proximal small basins within the continental interior. However, for the Khanguet El Ouara study site, sandstones may have been deposited in a foreland basin which received recycled sediments from an adjacent orogenic belt.The source area may have included quartzose sedimentary rocks. The dominance of quartz and enrichment in immobile elements suggest that the depositional basins were associated with a passive margin. The petrography and geochemistry reflect a stable continental margin and sediments were derived from granitic and pegmatitic sources located in the southern parts of the Gafsa basin. High values for the chemical index of alteration (CIA) indicate that recycling processes might have been important. Particularly high CIA values in the Garet Hadid locality indicate more intense chemical alteration, either due to weathering processes or tectonic control. 相似文献
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化学蚀变指数(CIA)及其在新元古代碎屑岩中的应用 总被引：56，自引：1，他引：56
化学蚀变指数(CIA)首先是作为一个判断源区化学风化程度的化学指标被广泛应用的,它的表达式通常表示为:CIA={x(Al_2O_3)/[x(Al_2O_3)+x(CaO~*)+x(Na_2O)+x(K_2O)]}×100,主成分均指摩尔分数,caO~*仅为硅酸盐中的caO。利用CIA分析湖南石门杨家坪剖面的新元古代地层,发现冰期沉积物(南沱组、东山峰组)的CIA值(60～70)和间冰期沉积物(湘锰组)CIA值(70～75)分别反映了冰期和间冰期的化学风化特点,并且根据渫水河组CIA值(55～70)可以判断渫水河组可能也是冰期的沉积产物。另一方面,可以利用A-CN-K图解判断沉积岩源岩成分,因为样品点在三角图解中投影点的趋势线与Pl—Ksp连线的交点代表的是源岩斜长石和钾长石的比率。据此初步判断渫水河组源岩成分是南秦岭—扬子地区元古宙TTG岩石。此外,钾交代作用在前寒武纪普遍发育,在A-CN-K图解中表现为样品点的趋势线向右偏离预测的风化趋势线,渫水河组的样品点就表现出这样的特征,可以判断渫水河组钾交代作用发育。样品的选取是进行CIA研究的一个重要的步骤。首先样品的岩性最好是细屑岩,这样可以排除分选作用对源岩成分的改造;其次,需要考虑去除成岩作用过程中加入的K_2O;再次,利用ICV这个化学指标来判断沉积再循环作用对沉积物成分的改造,ICV大于1意味着沉积再循环作 相似文献
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At Mo Hin Khao on the western flank of Khorat Plateau, Thailand, the Phra Wihan Formation reveals litharenite and sublitharenite with some subarkose and arkose. A cuesta in the eroded sedimentary sequence exhibits spectacular rock pillars of considerable geotourist potential. The rock sequence is high in silica (SiO2 67–98 wt%) and contains quartz, mica, magnetite, chert fragments and accessory minerals such as zircon and tourmaline and amphibole species. These accessory minerals suggest felsic rocks, such as granite, granodiorite and pegmatite, were sources for the sandstones. Geochemical analyses of the sedimentary sequence suggest that source rocks may lie in the passive continental margin, before sediment transport and deposition in the Khorat Basin by rivers flowing across a large flood plain. Many depositional sequences/episodes formed thick beds of cross bedded clastic rocks. A high average maturity index (>5) indicates sedimentary reworking/recycling. Chemical Index of Alteration (CIA) values range from 47 to 98, suggesting variable chemical weathering within the source area rocks, largely representing moderate to high degrees of weathering. The average CIA value of these sediments (78) suggests that relatively extreme alteration factors were involved. 相似文献
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东昆仑地区发育一套显生宙碎屑岩地层,包括下寒武统沙松乌拉组、中—上奥陶统纳赤台群、上石炭统—下二叠统浩特洛哇组、下三叠统洪水川组、中三叠统希里科特组以及上三叠统八宝山组。研究区砂岩的CIA值反映沙松乌拉组砂岩源区化学风化程度较高,其余各组砂岩源区化学风化程度较低。主量和微量元素研究结果表明各组砂岩源区以长英质岩石为主,包含少量中性成分。La、Ce、Th、U、∑REE含量和La/Sc、Th/Sc、Sc/Cr、La/Y比值指示沙松乌拉组和纳赤台群砂岩沉积环境为大陆岛弧或活动大陆边缘,浩特洛哇组砂岩形成于被动大陆边缘环境,洪水川组砂岩沉积环境为活动大陆边缘,希里科特组砂岩的微量元素含量及其比值接近于活动大陆边缘和被动大陆边缘,八宝山组砂岩沉积环境为活动大陆边缘。综合分析认为沙松乌拉组和纳赤台群砂岩形成于原特提斯洋俯冲阶段,浩特洛哇组砂岩形成于古特提斯洋持续扩张阶段,洪水川组砂岩形成于古特提斯洋俯冲阶段,希里科特组砂岩形成于陆(弧)陆初始碰撞阶段,八宝山组砂岩形成于陆陆全面碰撞—碰撞后阶段。 相似文献
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ABSTRACT The siliciclastic rocks in the Xishanyao (XSY) and Toutunhe (TTH) formations recorded the Middle Jurassic palaeogeographic evolution processes of the Bogda Mountains. To explore their provenance, the geochronological, geochemical, and petrological characteristics of the Middle Jurassic sandstones from the west Bogda area are analyzed in this study. The detrital grains of sandstones are generally poorly to moderately sorted and subangular to subrounded. Low to moderate CIA* (chemical index of alteration), PIA (plagioclase index of alteration), CIW (chemical index of weathering) and relatively high ICV (index of compositional variability) values indicate the overall low to moderate weathering intensity, low sediment recycling, and abundant first-cycle siliciclastics supply. The abundant acid volcanic lithic fragments and element contents/ratios of the sandstones indicate source areas dominated by felsic rocks. The detrital zircon U-Pb age spectrum of the lower XSY Formation is dominated by a single Carboniferous age group. Multiple Palaeozoic zircon U-Pb age groups exist in the middle-upper XSY Formation. The TTH Formation has a typical age of late Middle Jurassic. Combined with the sedimentological characteristics, it reveals that (1) the Eastern Bogda Mountains (EBM) were the only provenance for the lower XSY Formation; (2) both the Yemaquan arc and the EBM provided detritus for the middle XSY Formation; (3) the Yemaquan arc became a minor provenance for the TTH and upper XSY formations. Middle Jurassic palaeogeographic evolution in the EBM is inferred as follows: (1) during the deposition of the lower XSY Formation, the EBM suffered a rapid uplift and became an obvious positive relief; (2) the palaeorelief became high in the Yemaquan arc area and low in the EBM during the deposition of the middle XSY Formation; (3) the Yemaquan arc was considerably eroded, which caused the palaeotopography to decline sharply during the deposition of the upper XSY Formation; (4) the EBM uplifted again during the TTH Formation period, accompanied by volcanic activities at ~165Ma. 相似文献
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对佳木斯—兴凯地块西南缘的黄松群进行其物源区特点、古风化条件和构造背景等分析结果显示,该套变质碎屑岩源岩为泥砂质沉积岩,源区母岩以中酸性火成岩为主。风化作用相关指数CIA、CIW及PIA,由杨木组到阎王殿组逐渐增高,而ICV值则呈递减趋势,体现了风化作用由弱到强,成分成熟度逐渐升高的特点。主量元素特征值SiO_2=69.95%、TiO_2=0.58%、TFe_2O_3+MgO=5.34%、Al_2O_3/SiO_2=0.21,微量元素特征值La=37.54×10~(-6)、Ce=72.83×10~(-6)、δEu=0.60、ΣREE=182.29×10~(-6)。REE配分模式与活动大陆边缘碎屑沉积物类似,并且在不同构造环境判别图解中,绝大多数样品投影点落入活动大陆边缘区。地球化学特征表明,黄松群碎屑岩可能沉积于活动大陆边缘环境。 相似文献
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东营凹陷南坡沙河街组四段砂岩地球化学特征 总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4
基于东营凹陷南坡沙河街组四段砂岩的某些常量元素和微量元素(包括稀土元素)含量的变化规律,研究了该地区砂岩的地球化学特征。本地区沙河街组四段砂岩类型以岩屑长石砂岩和长石岩屑砂岩为主,部分砂岩为岩屑砂岩和长石砂岩。A-CN-K三角图解反映了砂岩的母岩中斜长石含量要高于钾长石含量,主要在花岗闪长岩和花岗岩(含相应的片麻岩)之间变化。砂岩在风化过程中受到了钾的交代作用。化学风化作用指标(CIW)和化学蚀变作用指标(CIA)反映了该地区砂岩受到了强烈的风化作用,尤以纯梁地区为强。化学组份变化指标(ICV)反映了有些砂岩中含有第一次旋回沉积物。微量元素比值(La/Yb)N、(La/Lu)N等也反映了该地区砂岩来源于花岗闪长岩和花岗岩的混合物。 相似文献
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右江盆地中三叠世充填了一套巨厚的复理石沉积,岩性为细砂岩、粉砂岩、泥岩及其过渡岩石,其独特的沉积特征颇受国内外地质学界关注,但目前对该套碎屑岩的物源尚有争议。文章通过对册亨地区中三叠世碎屑岩开展详细的岩石学和地球化学分析,结果显示：碎屑岩成分成熟度与结构成熟度都较低,具近源沉积特征。SiO2（平均为58.49%）含量较低,变化范围较大,说明石英含量较低;Al2O3（平均为12.46%）含量较高,说明粘土矿物及长石含量较高;Al2O3/SiO2的比值平均为0.22,与杂砂岩（0.20~0.23）一致,说明碎屑岩成熟度较差,亦具近源沉积特征;CaO（平均为7.83%）含量较高,说明含碳酸盐类物质较多。微量元素表现为富集Rb、Th、La、Nd、Hf和Pb以及相对亏损P、Ti、Sr、Nb和Ta的特点,稀土元素具有ΣREE变化范围大,轻稀土富集,Eu亏损的特点。主量、微量和稀土元素分析表明,碎屑岩的源岩以长英质岩石为主,并有少量中性岩及石英质沉积岩的混入;源区构造背景以大陆岛弧为主,兼有被动大陆边缘及活动大陆边缘特
征。化学蚀变指数（CIA）值为53.93~74.80,均值为65.12。通过CIA以及Th/U比值,表明碎屑岩源区主要经历了中等化学风化作用。 相似文献
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南羌塘盆地江鱼玛洛地区发育中侏罗统雀莫错组,通过岩石地球化学分析,对砂岩源区环境进行恢复. 化学风化作用指标(CIW)、化学蚀变作用指标(CIA)和A-CN-K图解反映砂岩的碎屑成分遭受过较强烈的风化. 化学组分指标(ICV)和Th/Sc-Zr/Sc图解指示主要为第一沉积旋回产物,伴有少量沉积再循环物质. 岩石元素Al2O3/TiO2、Th/Sc、Cr/Zr比值和La/Th-Hf源岩判别图解反映砂岩的碎屑主要来源于上地壳长英质源区,并混入少量基性铁镁质岩石. 砂岩的微量元素特征及SiO2-K2O/Na2O、La-Th-Sc、Co-Th-Zr/10、Sc-Th-Zr/10判别图解均表明该砂岩形成于大陆边缘裂陷构造背景. 相似文献
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沉积物的地球化学成分在沉积岩物源分析及构造背景的研究中具有重要的作用.对研究区4口钻孔中的姚家组砂岩进行了详细的岩石学和地球化学研究,结果显示,砂岩碎屑颗粒石英含量最高,长石次之,岩屑含量最低,平均值分别为42%、37%和21%,具有锆石+钛磁铁矿+石榴子石的重矿物组合,反映源岩以酸性岩浆岩或变质岩为主,Dickinson判别图解表明物源主要来自于大陆物源区;姚家组砂岩的稀土元素以轻稀土富集、重稀土平坦、中度铕负异常为特征.砂岩CIA值为52.02~60.16,平均值为56.69,反映了干燥气候背景下弱的化学风化作用.源岩属性判别图解表明源岩为再旋回的古老沉积物及长英质火山岩.主量、微量和稀土元素的构造背景判别图解综合表明姚家组砂岩物源区为被动大陆边缘构造环境,结合区域构造演化,认为姚家组砂岩的物源为华北克拉通北缘燕山陆内造山带发育的火山-沉积岩系. 相似文献
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V. T. Safronov 《Lithology and Mineral Resources》2005,40(5):472-482
The normative mineral composition of protolith for high-alumina gneisses in the Chupa Formation of the Belomorian Group (Baltic Shield) is presented. Based on protolith composition, index of maturity or chemical index of alteration (CIA), localization of data points of gneisses on discriminant diagrams, and several index ratios, it is suggested that the protolith of the studied rocks was composed of low-mature sediments (graywackes). The material delivered to the sedimentary paleobasin was derived from ultramafic, mafic, and intermediate rocks. Correlation between some elements (Rb versus K2O, Ti and Ga versus Al, and Sr versus smectitic clay and plagioclase), typical of Phanerozoic sedimentary rocks, is also revealed in the studied gneisses. 相似文献
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CAI Yuqi HAN Meizhi ZHANG Chuang YI Chao LI Xiaocui ZHANG Yan WANG Gui LI Huaming 《《地质学报》英文版》2021,95(6):2075-2086
The Bayinqinggeli deposit in the northern Ordos Basin, northwestern of China, is a recently discovered sandstone-type uranium deposit. The uranium (U) orebodies are generally hosted in the lower member of the Jurassic Zhiluo Formation (Fm.), and are primarily tabular or irregular in shape. In the study area, 23 sandstone samples were collected from the Zhiluo Fm. and analyzed for major, trace, and rare earth elements (REEs). The geochemical characteristics of these sandstones are used to evaluate the factors controlling U mineralization. The source rocks of the Zhiluo Fm. sandstones are mainly volcanic and felsic magmatic rocks formed in continental arc and active continental-marginal arc environments, and they provided the material required for the mineralization. The index of compositional variability ranges from 1.02 to 3.29 (average1.38), indicating that the Zhiluo Fm. sandstones are immature and composed of first-cycle sediments. The corrected chemical index of alteration averages 56, suggesting that the source rocks underwent weak chemical weathering. The ore host rocks are loose, providing favorable conditions for epigenetic oxidation and U precipitation and enrichment. Ferrous iron in minerals such as chlorite, biotite, ilmenite, and pyrite might have played a role either in adsorbing or reducing the uranium. 相似文献
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N. Etemad-Saeed M. Hosseini-Barzi John S. Armstrong-Altrin 《Journal of African Earth Sciences》2011,61(2):142-159
Petrography and geochemistry (major, trace and rare earth elements) of clastic rocks from the Lower Cambrian Lalun Formation, in the Posht-e-badam block, Central Iran, have been investigated to understand their provenance. Petrographical analysis suggests that the Lalun conglomerates are dominantly with chert clasts derived from a proximal source, probably chert bearing Precambrian Formations. Similarly, purple sandstones are classified as litharenite (chertarenite) and white sandstones as quartzarenite types. The detrital modes of purple and white sandstones indicate that they were derived from recycled orogen (uplifted shoulders of rift) and stable cratonic source. Most major and trace element contents of purple sandstones are generally similar to upper continental crust (UCC) values. However, white sandstones are depleted in major and trace elements (except SiO2, Zr and Co) relative to UCC, which is mainly due to the presence of quartz and absence of other Al-bearing minerals. Shale samples have considerably lower content in most of the major and trace elements concentration than purple sandstones, which is possibly due to intense weathering and recycling. Modal composition (e.g., quartz, feldspar, lithic fragments) and geochemical indices (Th/Sc, La/Sc, Co/Th, Cr/Th, Cr/V and V/Ni ratios) of sandstones, and shales (La/Sc and La/Cr ratios) indicate that they were derived from felsic source rocks and deposited in a passive continental margin. The chondrite-normalized rare earth element (REE) patterns of the studied samples are characterized by LREE enrichment, negative Eu anomaly and flat HREE similar to an old upper continental crust composed chiefly of felsic components in the source area. The study of paleoweathering conditions based on modal composition, chemical index of alteration (CIA), plagioclase index of alteration (PIA) and A–CN–K (Al2O3 − CaO + Na2O − K2O) relationships indicate that probably chemical weathering in the source area and recycling processes have been more important in shale and white sandstones relative to purple sandstones. The results of this study suggest that the main source for the Lalun Formation was likely located in uplifted shoulders of a rifted basin (probably a pull-apart basin) in its post-rift stage (Pan-African basement of the Posht-e-badam block). 相似文献
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Detrital mode, composition of feldspars and heavy minerals, and major element chemistry of sandstones from the Permo-Triassic succession in the intracratonic Satpura Gondwana basin, central India have been used to investigate provenance. The Talchir Formation, the lowermost unit of the succession, comprises glacio-marine and glacio-fluvial deposits. The rest of the succession (base to top) comprising the Barakar, Motur, Bijori, Pachmarhi and Denwa formations, largely represent variety of fluvial depositional systems with minor fluvio-deltaic and fluvio-lacustrine sedimentation under a variety of climatic conditions including cold, warm, arid, sub-humid and semi-arid. QFL compositions of the sandstones indicate a predominantly continental block provenance and stable cratonic to fault-bounded basement uplift tectonic setting. Compositional maturity of sandstones gradually increases upwards from the Early Permian Talchir to the Middle Triassic Denwa but is punctuated by a sharp peak of increased maturity in the Barakar sandstones. This temporal change in maturity was primarily controlled by temporal variation in fault-induced basement uplift in the craton and was also influenced by climatic factors. Plots of different quartz types suggest plutonic source rocks for the Talchir sandstones and medium-to high-rank metamorphic plus plutonic source rocks for the younger sandstones. Composition of alkali feldspars in the Permo-Triassic sandstones and in different Precambrian rocks suggests sediment derivation from felsic igneous and metasedimentary rocks. Compositions of plagioclase in the Talchir and Bijori sandstones are comparable with those of granite, acid volcanic and metasedimentary rocks of the Precambrian basement suggesting the latter as possible source. Rare presence of high-K plagioclase in the Talchir sandstones, however, indicates minor contribution from volcanic source rock. Exclusively plagioclase-bearing metasedimentary rock, tonalite gneiss and mafic rocks are the probable sources of plagioclase in the Upper Denwa sandstones. Quartz-rich nature of the sandstones, predominance of K-feldspar over plagioclase and albite rich character of plagioclase in the sandstones is consistent with deposition in an intracratonic, pull-apart basin like the Satpura Gondwana basin. Composition of garnet and its comparison with that from the Precambrian basement rocks suggests mica-schist and amphibolite as possible sources. Predominance of dravite variety of tourmaline in the Permian sandstones suggests sediment supply from metasedimentary rocks. Presence of both dravite and schorl variety of tourmaline in subequal amount in the Triassic sandstones indicates sediment derivation from granitic and metasedimentary rocks. However, schorl-bearing rocks are absent in the basement complex of the study area. A-CN-K plot suggests granites, acid volcanic rock and meta-sediments of the basement as possible sources of the Talchir sandstones and metasedimentary rocks for the Barakar to Pachmarhi sandstones. The Denwa sandstones were possibly derived from K-feldspar-free, plagioclase-bearing metasediments, mafic rocks and tonalite gneiss. Chemical Index of Alteration (CIA) values suggest low intensity source rock weathering for the Talchir sandstones and higher intensity source rock weathering for the others. Various bivariate plots of major oxides composition of the sandstones suggest passive to active continental margin setting and even arc tectonic setting for a few samples. 相似文献