The Nawakot and Kathmandu complexes are distributed around Kathmandu area, central Nepal and that build up the Mahabharat synclinorium. The Nawakot complex is composed of mainly weakly metamorphosed sedimentary rocks....
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The Nawakot and Kathmandu complexes are distributed around Kathmandu area, central Nepal and that build up the Mahabharat synclinorium. The Nawakot complex is composed of mainly weakly metamorphosed sedimentary rocks. The Kathmandu complex, which occupies the large core of the synclinorium, overlies the Nawakot Complex.. These two complexes have the thrust contact called as the Mahabharat Thrust. The Kathmandu complex is subdivided into the lower Bimphedi and the upper Phulchoki Groups. The Bimphedi Group is composed of metamorphosed sedimentary rocks and the Phulchoki Group is of weakly and non\|metamorphosed sedimentary rocks. Besides its important significance, only few studies have been done in these complexes. In this paper, the present author reports preliminarily the stratigraphy of the Phulchoki Group and uppermost part of the Bimphedi Group distributed in the south of Kathmandu. In the study area, weakly to non\|metamorphosed sedimentary rocks is subdivided stratigraphically into Units I to VII in ascending order. These units are characterized by the prominent composition of rock types. Most contacts observed at each adjacent units are conformable and some are transitional. Most of units show the regional variation in accompanying rock type. Unit I: coarsely crystallized marble; Unit II: black to green phyllite; Unit III: light gray quartzose fine sandstone and gray siltstone; Unit IV: well\|bedded sandy argillaceous limestone; Unit V: purple siltstone; Unit VI: coarsely crystallized limestone; Unit VII: siltstone and sandstone. Correlation to the formations named by Stocklin’s (1980) subdivision are as follows: Unit I might be correlated to the Markhu Formation, Units II and III to the Tistung Formation, Unit IV to the Chandragiri Formation, Unit V to the Chitlang Formation, and Units VI and VII to the Godawari *** the study area, some fossils are yielded. Crinoids occur from Units IV, V, VI and VII, brachiopods from Units V, VI and VII, orthoce
The Shaitian granite complex(SGC)spans more than 80 Ma of crustal growth in the Arabian–Nubian Shield in southeast *** is a voluminous composite intrusion(60 km2.comprising a host tonalite massif intruded by subordin...
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The Shaitian granite complex(SGC)spans more than 80 Ma of crustal growth in the Arabian–Nubian Shield in southeast *** is a voluminous composite intrusion(60 km2.comprising a host tonalite massif intruded by subordinate dyke-like masses of trondhjemite,granodiorite and *** host tonalite,in turn,encloses several,fine-grained amphibolite enclaves.U-Pb zircon dating indicates a wide range of crystallization ages within the SGC(800±18Ma for tonalites;754±3.9 Ma for trondhjemite;73.±3.8 Ma for granodiorite;and 717±3.2.Ma for monzogranite),suggesting crystallization of independent magma *** high positiveεNdi(+6–+8)indicate that the melting sources were dominated by juvenile material without any significant input from older *** of zircon saturation geothermometry indicates increasing temperatures during the generation of melts from 745±3.℃ for tonalite to 810±2.℃ for trondhjemite;840±10℃ for granodiorite;and 868±10℃ for *** pressure of partial melting is loosely constrained to be below the stability of residual garnet(3.kbar for the stability of residual amphibole as inferred from the significantly lower NbN and TaN compared with LREEN and the sub-chondrite Nb/Ta ratios exhibited by the granitic *** inverse relation between the generation temperatures and the ages estimates of the granitoid lithologies argue against a significant role of fractional *** major and trace element contents indicate the emplacement of the SGC within a subduction zone *** lacks distinctive features for melt derived from a subducted slab(*** Sr/Y and high(La/Yb)N ratios),and the relatively low MgO and Ni contents in all granite phases within the SGC suggest melting within the lower crust of an island arc overlying a *** melts produced during melting experiments indicates an amphibolite of basaltic composition is th
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