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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Front. Earth Sci.</journal-id>
<journal-title>Frontiers in Earth Science</journal-title>
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<subject>Original Research</subject>
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<article-title>A newly identified cryogenian (ca. 806&#xa0;ma) basement tonalite gneiss from the Eastern Karakoram, NW India: Constraints from geochemistry and zircon U-Pb geochronology</article-title>
<alt-title alt-title-type="left-running-head">Pundir et al.</alt-title>
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<surname>Pundir</surname>
<given-names>Shailendra</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<surname>Adlakha</surname>
<given-names>Vikas</given-names>
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<surname>Kumar</surname>
<given-names>Santosh</given-names>
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<sup>2</sup>
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<surname>Singhal</surname>
<given-names>Saurabh</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<surname>Das</surname>
<given-names>Satyabrata</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
<institution>Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology</institution>, <addr-line>Dehradun</addr-line>, <addr-line>Uttarakhand</addr-line>, <country>India</country>
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<sup>2</sup>
<institution>Department of Geology</institution>, <institution>Centre of Advanced Study</institution>, <institution>Kumaun University</institution>, <addr-line>Nainital</addr-line>, <addr-line>Uttarakhand</addr-line>, <country>India</country>
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<bold>Edited by:</bold> <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/91992/overview">Venkatramanan Senapathi</ext-link>, Alagappa University, India</p>
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<bold>Reviewed by:</bold> <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/455276/overview">Hadi Shafaii Moghadam</ext-link>, Damghan University, Iran</p>
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<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/2035740/overview">Mustafa A&#xe7;lan</ext-link>, Y&#xfc;z&#xfc;nc&#xfc; Y&#x131;l University, Turkey</p>
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<corresp id="c001">&#x2a;Correspondence: Vikas Adlakha, <email>vikas.himg@gmail.com</email>
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<p>This article was submitted to Structural Geology and Tectonics, a section of the journal Frontiers in Earth Science</p>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>08</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2022</year>
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<year>2022</year>
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<volume>10</volume>
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<day>25</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2022</year>
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<day>28</day>
<month>11</month>
<year>2022</year>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright &#xa9; 2022 Pundir, Adlakha, Kumar, Singhal and Das.</copyright-statement>
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<abstract>
<p>The Karakoram Terrane (KT) represents the southern margin of the Eurasian Plate, mainly consisting of Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous subduction-related granites and post-collisional Miocene leucogranites, which intrude the Late Neo-Proterozoic basement. We report for the first time the existence of the Cryogenian KT basement as recorded from the geochemistry and geochronology of tonalite gneiss (ca. 806&#xa0;Ma) in the southeastern Karakoram terrane, NW India. Geochemically, the studied tonalite gneiss is slightly peraluminous (Molar Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>/CaO&#x2b;Na<sub>2</sub>O&#x2b;K<sub>2</sub>O&#x3d;1.1), calc-alkaline volcanic-arc granitoid, strongly fractionated REE (La<sub>N</sub>/Yb<sub>N</sub>&#x3d;33.99), and high Sr/Y &#x3d;19.75, more akin to its affinity with Tonalite&#x2013;trondhjemite&#x2013;granodiorite (TTG)/adakite. The whole-rock elemental data suggest that tonalite gneiss is more likely sourced from ancient mafic lower crust where garnet remained in the residue. The petrogenetic modeling of REE suggests that the melt similar to the observed tonalite gneiss can be generated through &#x223c;50% partial melting of a mafic lower crust with garnet, clinopyroxene, and amphibole assemblage. The synthesis and comparison of present and published Proterozoic magmatic records on the rocks from KT strongly dictate that the produced partial melt similar to observed tonalite gneiss most likely served as the parental melt for the development of TTGs in the Southern Pamir and more evolved granitoid in the Central Tibetan terrane. We propose that the studied tonalite gneiss from the southeast Karakoram is a product of Neoproterozoic Andean-type orogeny formed on the northwestern margin of the Rodinia supercontinent. Thus, our study favors the first time, the position of KT within the Cimmerian belt along with other East Asian continental blocks.</p>
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<kwd>cryogenian magmatism</kwd>
<kwd>geochronology</kwd>
<kwd>geodynamics</kwd>
<kwd>karakoram</kwd>
<kwd>trans-himalaya</kwd>
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<title>1 Introduction</title>
<p>The supercontinent Rodinia is considered to have assembled during Mesoproterozoic to Neoproterozoic (&#x223c;1300 to 900&#xa0;Ma), which fragmented later during late Neoproterozoic (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B41">Meert and Torsvik, 2003</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B37">Li et al., 2008</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6">Cawood et al., 2016</xref>). The timing and origin of spatially distributed felsic magmatic rocks of Neoproterozoic time from the Asian terranes provide evidence on the assembly, growth and break-up of the Rodinia supercontinent (e.g., <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B92">Zhao et al., 2018</xref>). Various studies on the paleogeographic reconstruction of Pamir, Tarim, Qiangtang, and Lhasa Terranes from East-Asia suggest the location of these continental blocks on the northwestern margin of the Rodinia supercontinent (eg., <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">Condie, 2001</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B37">Li et al., 2008</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B14">Dong et al., 2011</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">Cawood et al., 2013</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6">Cawood et al., 2016</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B42">Merdith et al., 2017</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B92">Zhao et al., 2018</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B25">Hu et al., 2018a</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B26">Hu et al., 2018b</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B93">Zhou et al., 2019</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B31">Kang et al., 2019</xref>). Later, these East Asian terranes formed the part of Gondwanaland during the Paleozoic hence all belong to Gondwanan ancestry (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10">Crawford, 1974</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B69">&#x15e;eng&#xf6;r 1984</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B87">Yeh and Shellnutt, 2016</xref>). The Karakoram Terrane (KT), southern Pamir, Tarim, Qiangtang, and Lhasa broke from the Gondwanan margin in the Early Permian and moved in the north which then collided with Eurasian margin in Middle Triassic that formed the Cimmerian orogen (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B87">Yeh and Shellnutt, 2016</xref>).</p>
<p>The KT represents the southern margin of the Eurasian Plate and is considered geologically equivalent to the southeast and central Pamir Terranes in the west and Qiangtang Terrane in the east (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F1">Figure 1A</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B57">Robinson, 2015</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B78">Villarreal et al., 2020</xref>). Geologically, the KT mainly consists of the Late-Jurassic to Early Cretaceous Karakoram Batholith (KB) which mainly consist of pre-collisional calc-alkaline I-type granitoids as the main magmatic event that formed due to subduction of Neo-Tethys oceanic lithosphere beneath south Eurasian plate margin (e.g., <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17">Fraser et al., 2001</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B23">Heuberger et al., 2007</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B27">Jain and Singh, 2009</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">Boutonnet et al., 2012</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B50">Phillips et al., 2013</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B68">Sen et al., 2014</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B52">Pundir et al., 2020a</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B53">Pundir et al., 2020b</xref>), and the Early Cretaceous to Late-Miocene Karakoram Metamorphic complex which mainly consists of regional Barrovian facies kyanite- and sillimanite-grade metamorphic rocks and leucogranites (e.g., <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17">Fraser et al., 2001</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B58">Rolland et al., 2009</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B74">Streule et al., 2009</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B79">Wallis et al., 2014</xref>). Similar to the KT, the southern Pamir records Late Jurassic-Late Cretaceous calc-alkaline subduction related I-type granitoids (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B38">Liu et al., 2020</xref> and references therein) and Qiangtang terrane from central Tibet records Late Triassic to Late Cretaceous subduction-related I-type granites (e.g., <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B32">Kapp et al., 2003</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B48">Peng et al., 2015</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B22">He et al., 2019</xref>). The Late Neo-Proterozoic terrane granitoids along the southern margin of the Eurasian Plate is exposed sporadically (e.g., the western Karakoram, the southeast Pamir, and the southern Qiangtang and Northern Lhasa region (central Tibet)) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B59">Rolland et al., 2002</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B11">Dan et al., 2020</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B38">Liu et al., 2020</xref>). In the KT the record of crystalline Late Neo-Proterozoic basement occurs only in a few regions of the western Karakoram where the metadiorite (ca. 651&#xa0;Ma; <sup>40</sup>Ar/<sup>39</sup>Ar) outcrops to the north of the Shyok Suture zone (SSZ) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B59">Rolland et al., 2002</xref>). A record of pre-Ordovician granitic intrusion to the north of the Karakoram Batholith is also reported (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B16">Fort et al., 1994</xref>). However, no shreds of evidence on Late Neo-Proterozoic crystalline basement rocks are available from southeastern KT, India, unlike the Lhasa, Qiangtang, southeast Pamir, and western KT. Thus, the non-availability of such Late Neo-Proterozoic magmatism records in SE Karakoram limits our understanding of Late Neo-Proterozoic evolution and Paleogeographic reconstruction of the Karakoram and western Tibet. The geological, geographical, and geochronological correlation of the KT to the Pamir range to the NW, and central Tibet to the SE is important to understand the origin and position of the KT in the Cimmerian belt (e.g., Afghanistan, Pamir, Tarim, Qiangtang, and Lhasa terranes) that formed the northern margin of the Gondwanaland during the Paleozoic (e.g., <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B69">&#x15e;eng&#xf6;r, 1984</xref>).</p>
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<label>FIGURE 1</label>
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<bold>(A)</bold> Map showing the main tectonic structures and sutures in the Himalaya and Tibet (modified after <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B65">Searle, 2011</xref>). The red dashed rectangle indicates the map area in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F1">Figure 1B</xref>. <bold>(B)</bold> Geological map of the study region (modified after <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B29">Jain 2014</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B52">Pundir et al., 2020a</xref>). LGF: Longmu-Ghoza Co fault; E. AF: East Angmong Fault.</p>
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<p>This study presents the first whole-rock geochemical and zircon U-Pb geochronology of a sample of Neo-Proterozoic granite gneiss from the KT. We analyze the present set of new data in combination with the published geochemical record on similar Neoproterozoic granites of the Pamir Terrane and central Tibet to constrain the petrogenesis of the KT basement during the Neoproterozoic supercontinent cycle. Our study provides significant evidence to reveal the Paleogeography of the SE Karakoram in the context of Rodinia and Cimmerian terrane, which existed in the geological past.</p>
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<title>2 Regional geology</title>
<p>The India-Asia collision zone or Trans-Himalaya and KT litho-tectonic units represent the southern margin of the Eurasian Plate (e.g., <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B67">Searle et al., 1998</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B28">Jain and Singh, 2008</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B66">Searle and Hacker, 2019</xref>). The KT lies to the northwest of the Himalayan Mountains and extends from the Afghan block in the west to southwest Tibet in the east (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F1">Figure 1</xref>). The Rushan-Pshart Suture zone forms the northern boundary of the KT, where it abuts against the southern Pamir mountains, and the Shyok Suture Zone (SSZ) forms its southern boundary, which separates it from the Ladakh Batholith (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F1">Figure 1A</xref>; e.g., <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B64">Schwab et al., 2004</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B66">Searle and Hacker, 2019</xref>).</p>
<p>The study area forms the part of NW India where the KT can be divided into three main geological units, namely 1) Karakoram Fault (KF) zone, 2) Karakoram Metamorphic Complex (KMC), and 3) Karakoram Batholith (KB) (e.g., <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B28">Jain and Singh, 2008</xref>) (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F1">Figure 1B</xref>).</p>
<p>The southern margin of KT bounds the &#x223c;1000&#xa0;km long lithospheric scale dextral strike-slip KF to the south (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B67">Searle et al., 1998</xref>) (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F1">Figure 1A</xref>). In the SE Karakoram, the KF splays into two strands named the Tangtse strand in the SW and the Muglib strand in the NE, which forms a zone consisting of mylonite, granite gneiss, amphibolites, and leucogranites (e.g., <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B72">Srimal, 1986</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B67">Searle et al., 1998</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B83">Weinberg and Mark, 2008</xref>). Locally, this zone is known as Tangtse Metamorphic Complex (TMC) or Pangong Injection Complex (PIC), and in the NW of Muglib strand, it is known as Shyok Metamorphic Complex (SMC) (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F1">Figure 1B</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B67">Searle et al., 1998</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B52">Pundir et al., 2020a</xref>). An undeformed porphyritic granite body of KB is exposed to the north of KMC (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B52">Pundir et al., 2020a</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B53">Pundir et al., 2020b</xref>). The KB is mainly composed of hornblende-biotite and biotite bearing subduction-related magmatic rock suites, which are considered to be emplaced prior to the India-Asia collision (e.g., <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B28">Jain and Singh, 2008</xref>), which later suffered submagmatic to solid state ductile deformation during Late-Cretaceous (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4">Bose et al., 2022</xref>). The granites are porphyritic, consisting of randomly oriented &#x223c;2&#x2013;5&#xa0;cm long plagioclase and K-feldspar phenocrysts embedded in a fine-grained felsic groundmass (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B52">Pundir et al., 2020a</xref>). However, the TMC/PIC and SMC mainly consists of mylonite granite, foliation-parallel leucosome, i.e., deformed leucogranite as well as undeformed leucogranites, granite gneisses, amphibolites, bt-sammites and calc-silicate rocks (e.g., <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B94">Reichardt et al., 2010</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">Boutonnet et al., 2012</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B52">Pundir et al., 2020a</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B53">Pundir et al., 2020b</xref>). In this study, the granite gneiss is exposed in the SMC (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F2">Figures 2A,B</xref>). This is biotite plagioclase bearing granitoid and is found in association with subduction-related Late-Jurassic Early- Cretaceous granitoids.</p>
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<label>FIGURE 2</label>
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<bold>(A)</bold> High-grade metamorphic rocks and zone of partial melting observed to the north of the Shyok-Muglib strand of the KF known as SMC. <bold>(B)</bold> Collected sample of tonalite gneiss SM 4&#xa0;M from the SMC zone of KB.</p>
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<title>3 Sample selection and analytical methods</title>
<p>The sample of granite gneiss (SM 4&#xa0;M) was collected from the SMC of the KT zone (Location: N 34.151128&#xb0;; E 78.225104&#xb0;) (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F1">Figure 1A</xref> and <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F2">Figures 2A,B</xref>) and treated for whole-rock major and trace element analyses, and zircon U-Pb geochronology.</p>
<p>The whole-rock major and trace element compositions were analyzed using a wavelength dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (Bruker Tiger S-8) on pressed-powder pellets at Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), Dehradun, India. XRF technique analytical precision for both major and trace elements lie within &#xb1;2%&#x2013;3% and &#xb1;5%&#x2013;6%, respectively (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B62">Saini et al., 2007</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B33">Khanna, 2009</xref>). The rare Earth elements (REEs) were determined from the digested solution of rock powder using a Perkin-Elmer SCIEX-ICP Mass Spectrometer model ELAN-DRC-e. Rock standards (JG-2, GH, and MB-H) were used for calibration. The geochemical data processing and plotting were done using Geochemical Data Toolkit software (GCDkit, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B30">Janou&#x161;ek et al., 2006</xref>).</p>
<p>Zircon U&#x2013;Pb dating was performed using LA-MC-ICPMS (Neptune-plus, ThermoFisher Scientific Inc) fitted with a 193&#xa0;nm excimer laser (UV Laser, Model Analyte G2, Cetec-Photon machine Inc.), equipped with high-performance HelEx-II sample chamber installed at WIHG, Dehradun. About 4&#xa0;kg of the sample was crushed, powdered, and processed for zircon separation using jaw crusher, disk mill, gravity separation using Holman-Wilfley shaking table, magnetic separation using magnetic barrier separator, and heavy liquids separation using Bromoform (CHBr<sub>3</sub>) and Diiodomethane (CH<sub>2</sub>I<sub>2</sub>). Euhedral to subhedral zircon grains were hand-picked up using a stereo zoom microscope, and zircons were mounted using PFA Teflon film at a temperature of &#x223c;275&#xa0;&#xb0;C. The internal zircon surfaces were exposed by means of 2400 grit sandpaper, and polished by 1- and 0.25-micron diamond paste. The zircon mounts were gold-coated for cathode-luminescence (CL) imaging using a Gatan Chroma CL UV attached to a Carl-Zeiss EVO 40&#xa0;EP scanning electron microscope. The probe current varies from 10 to 20&#xa0;nA. A zircon spot diameter of 20&#xa0;&#xb5;m was preferred to carry out U-Pb <italic>in-situ</italic> analysis. The standard 91500 zircon [(TIMS normalization data <sup>206</sup>Pb/<sup>238</sup>U &#x3d; 1062.32 &#xb1; 2.22&#xa0;Ma; 2 sigma) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B85">Wiedenbeck et al., 1995</xref>) and Ple&#x161;ovice zircon standard ID TIMS <sup>206</sup>Pb/<sup>238</sup>U age &#x3d; 337.13 &#xb1; 0.37&#xa0;Ma (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B70">Sl&#xe1;ma et al., 2008</xref>)] were used for correction of U-Pb downhole fractionation, accuracy assessment and data reduction (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B46">Paton et al., 2011</xref>), for detailed methodology see <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B43">Mukherjee et al., 2017</xref>. Isoplot R was used for processing and plotting the U-Pb isotopic data (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B77">Vermeesch, 2018</xref>).</p>
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<title>4 Petrography</title>
<p>The granite gneiss (SM 4&#xa0;M) is a medium to coarse-grained rock mainly consisting of quartz (Qz), plagioclase (Pl), K-feldspar (Kfs), biotite (Bt), zircon (Zrn), and apatite (Ap) (mineral&#x2019;s symbols after <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B84">Whitney and Evans, 2010</xref>) (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F3">Figure 3</xref>). Biotite is the only ferromagnesian phase present in the sample which are subhedral to euhedral mainly consisting of one set of basal cleavage showing its primary nature (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F3">Figures 3A&#x2013;F</xref>). The quartz is showing slight undulose extinction and is devoid of any sub-solidus deformation e.g., sub-grain rotation and grain boundary migration. Plagioclase crystals are subhedral to euhedral and display polysynthetic twinning (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F3">Figures 3B,C</xref>). The K-feldspar is present in the form of orthoclase. As per the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) recommended modal Q-A-P parameters (<xref ref-type="sec" rid="s14">Supplementary Figure S1</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B73">Streckeisen 1976</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B36">Le Maitre 2002</xref>), the granite gneiss (SM 4&#xa0;M) corresponds to tonalite.</p>
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<label>FIGURE 3</label>
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<bold>(A&#x2013;F)</bold> Microphotograph of the tonalite gneiss SM 4&#xa0;M mainly consists of quartz (Qz), K-feldspar (Kfs), plagioclase (Pl), and biotite (Bt).</p>
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<title>5 Results</title>
<sec id="s5-1">
<title>5.1 Whole-rock geochemistry, and zircon U&#x2013;Pb geochronology results of the tonalite gneiss (SM 4&#xa0;M)</title>
<p>Whole-rock major and trace-element geochemical data for the tonalite gneiss is given in <xref ref-type="sec" rid="s14">Supplementary Table S1</xref>. The SiO<sub>2</sub> content of the tonalite gneiss is 64.85&#xa0;wt% with 2.63&#xa0;wt% K<sub>2</sub>O and 4.65&#xa0;wt% Na<sub>2</sub>O. Molar A/CNK [Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>/(CaO&#x2b;Na<sub>2</sub>O&#x2b;K<sub>2</sub>O&#x3d;1.1)] ratio suggests a slightly peraluminous nature of the tonalite gneiss (<xref ref-type="sec" rid="s14">Supplementary Table S1</xref>). The tonalite gneiss is alkali-calcic and magnesian in nature and belongs to the subduction-related volcanic arc granitoid (VAG), and VAG&#x2b;syn-collisional granitoid (syn-COLG) fields (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F4">Figures 4A&#x2013;D</xref>). The tonalite gneiss shows negative anomalies for Nb and Ti (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F5">Figure 5A</xref>), along with light REEs (LREEs) enrichment relative to heavy REEs (HREEs) (La<sub>N</sub>/Yb<sub>N</sub> &#x3d; 33.99; Ce<sub>N</sub>/Yb<sub>N</sub> &#x3d; 27.76) (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F5">Figure 5B</xref>).</p>
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<label>FIGURE 4</label>
<caption>
<p>
<bold>(A)</bold> Plot of Na<sub>2</sub>O/K<sub>2</sub>O&#x2013;CaO against SiO<sub>2</sub> showing the approximate ranges for the alkalic, alkali&#x2013;calcic, calc-alkalic, and calcic rock series (after <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B18">Frost et al., 2001</xref>). <bold>(B)</bold> FeO<sub>t</sub>/(FeO<sub>t</sub>/MgO) versus SiO<sub>2</sub> (wt%) diagram showing the boundary between ferroan plutons and magnesian plutons (after <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B18">Frost et al., 2001</xref>). <bold>(C)</bold> Rb versus Y &#x2b; Nb tectonic discrimination diagram (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B47">Pearce et al., 1984</xref>). <bold>(D)</bold> Nb versus Y tectonic discrimination diagram (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B47">Pearce et al., 1984</xref>), plotted to identify the tectonic setting of the analyzed samples.</p>
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</fig>
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<label>FIGURE 5</label>
<caption>
<p>
<bold>(A)</bold> Primitive mantle normalized spider diagram (after <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B95">Sun and McDonough, 1989</xref>). <bold>(B)</bold> Chondrite-normalized REE patterns (after <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B95">Sun and McDonough, 1989</xref>).</p>
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<p>Zircon grains from tonalite gneiss are long prismatic and euhedral to subhedral in shape (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F6">Figure 6A</xref>). The CL images shows the oscillatory growth zoning in the cores while the rims are mostly homogeneous in nature (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F6">Figure 6A</xref>). Forty-five spot analyses were carried out on 22 zircon grains. Rims with Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous have low Th/U values of 0.004&#x2013;0.093, typical of metamorphic origin (e.g., <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B61">Rubatto 2002</xref>) (<xref ref-type="table" rid="T1">Table 1</xref>). In contrast, the zircon cores from Neoproterozoic ages have high Th/U values of 0.27&#x2013;1.21 typical of magmatic origin (<xref ref-type="table" rid="T1">Table 1</xref>). The Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous zones in zircons are homogenous indicating late-stage recrystallization, while the older Late-Neoproterozoic zircons preserves oscillatory zoning (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F6">Figure 6</xref>). The oscillatory zoned cores along with high Th/U ratios suggest that the zircons are crystallized from silicate melts, and the obtained ages from these can be considered as crystallization age. There are four rims of Late-Neoproterozoic age which have high Th/U ratio and are discordant. Considering these ages geologically insignificant, we have not considered these points in our weighted mean age calculations. We use the &#xb1;3% discordant filter to get the geologically meaningful age. The cluster of data we have considered in age calculation are concordant and is used in weighted mean age calculations.</p>
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<label>FIGURE 6</label>
<caption>
<p>
<bold>(A)</bold> Representative CL images of the studied tonalite gneiss, <bold>(B)</bold> <sup>206</sup>Pb&#x2013;<sup>238</sup>U ages and Concordia diagrams for LA-MC-ICP-MS zircon data plots, <bold>(C)</bold> Kernel density plot showing the distribution of <sup>206</sup>Pb&#x2013;<sup>238</sup>U ages. <bold>(D)</bold> Weighted mean ages for the most concordant <sup>206</sup>Pb&#x2013;<sup>238</sup>U ages.</p>
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<table-wrap id="T1" position="float">
<label>TABLE 1</label>
<caption>
<p>U-Pb LA-MC-ICPMS isotopic data of analyzed tonalite gneiss from Karakoram Terrane, NW India.</p>
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<table>
<thead valign="top">
<tr>
<th align="left">Spot</th>
<th align="left">U (ppm)</th>
<th align="left">Th (ppm)</th>
<th align="left">Th/U</th>
<th align="left">
<sup>207</sup>Pb/<sup>235</sup>U</th>
<th align="left">&#xb1;%</th>
<th align="left">
<sup>206</sup>Pb/<sup>238</sup>U</th>
<th align="left">&#xb1;%</th>
<th align="left">
<sup>207</sup>Pb/<sup>235</sup>U (Ma)</th>
<th align="left">&#xb1;Ma</th>
<th align="left">
<sup>206</sup>Pb/<sup>238</sup>U (Ma)</th>
<th align="left">&#xb1;Ma</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr>
<td colspan="12" align="left">SM 4&#xa0;M (tonalite gneiss)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">1_C</td>
<td align="left">284</td>
<td align="left">335</td>
<td align="left">1.18</td>
<td align="left">1.25</td>
<td align="left">0.02</td>
<td align="left">0.140</td>
<td align="left">0.003</td>
<td align="left">823</td>
<td align="left">11</td>
<td align="left">846</td>
<td align="left">15</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">1_R</td>
<td align="left">304</td>
<td align="left">161.1</td>
<td align="left">0.53</td>
<td align="left">0.90</td>
<td align="left">0.02</td>
<td align="left">0.100</td>
<td align="left">0.002</td>
<td align="left">651.6</td>
<td align="left">9.9</td>
<td align="left">616</td>
<td align="left">12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">2_C</td>
<td align="left">375</td>
<td align="left">84.9</td>
<td align="left">0.23</td>
<td align="left">0.38</td>
<td align="left">0.03</td>
<td align="left">0.045</td>
<td align="left">0.003</td>
<td align="left">327</td>
<td align="left">21</td>
<td align="left">281</td>
<td align="left">20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">2_R</td>
<td align="left">406</td>
<td align="left">12.2</td>
<td align="left">0.03</td>
<td align="left">0.16</td>
<td align="left">0.00</td>
<td align="left">0.024</td>
<td align="left">0.001</td>
<td align="left">152.8</td>
<td align="left">3.6</td>
<td align="left">153.5</td>
<td align="left">3.8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">2_C</td>
<td align="left">197</td>
<td align="left">164</td>
<td align="left">0.83</td>
<td align="left">0.92</td>
<td align="left">0.02</td>
<td align="left">0.104</td>
<td align="left">0.002</td>
<td align="left">663.5</td>
<td align="left">8.1</td>
<td align="left">637</td>
<td align="left">10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">3_C</td>
<td align="left">475</td>
<td align="left">325</td>
<td align="left">0.68</td>
<td align="left">0.88</td>
<td align="left">0.01</td>
<td align="left">0.099</td>
<td align="left">0.001</td>
<td align="left">641</td>
<td align="left">4.5</td>
<td align="left">611.1</td>
<td align="left">5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">4_C</td>
<td align="left">298</td>
<td align="left">325</td>
<td align="left">1.09</td>
<td align="left">1.11</td>
<td align="left">0.01</td>
<td align="left">0.125</td>
<td align="left">0.001</td>
<td align="left">757.8</td>
<td align="left">4.9</td>
<td align="left">758</td>
<td align="left">6.9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">5_C</td>
<td align="left">201</td>
<td align="left">115</td>
<td align="left">0.57</td>
<td align="left">0.66</td>
<td align="left">0.05</td>
<td align="left">0.067</td>
<td align="left">0.005</td>
<td align="left">507</td>
<td align="left">28</td>
<td align="left">416</td>
<td align="left">30</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">5_CR</td>
<td align="left">172</td>
<td align="left">133</td>
<td align="left">0.77</td>
<td align="left">1.30</td>
<td align="left">0.02</td>
<td align="left">0.140</td>
<td align="left">0.002</td>
<td align="left">846.9</td>
<td align="left">9.8</td>
<td align="left">846</td>
<td align="left">13</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">5_CR2</td>
<td align="left">169.6</td>
<td align="left">157</td>
<td align="left">0.93</td>
<td align="left">1.15</td>
<td align="left">0.02</td>
<td align="left">0.128</td>
<td align="left">0.003</td>
<td align="left">775.5</td>
<td align="left">9.7</td>
<td align="left">775</td>
<td align="left">14</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">6_C1</td>
<td align="left">47.4</td>
<td align="left">34.5</td>
<td align="left">0.73</td>
<td align="left">1.15</td>
<td align="left">0.01</td>
<td align="left">0.128</td>
<td align="left">0.001</td>
<td align="left">776.8</td>
<td align="left">5.1</td>
<td align="left">777.5</td>
<td align="left">5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">6_C2</td>
<td align="left">39.9</td>
<td align="left">32.5</td>
<td align="left">0.81</td>
<td align="left">1.21</td>
<td align="left">0.02</td>
<td align="left">0.137</td>
<td align="left">0.002</td>
<td align="left">804.2</td>
<td align="left">8.8</td>
<td align="left">826.8</td>
<td align="left">9.5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">6_CR</td>
<td align="left">40.8</td>
<td align="left">25.1</td>
<td align="left">0.62</td>
<td align="left">1.18</td>
<td align="left">0.01</td>
<td align="left">0.134</td>
<td align="left">0.001</td>
<td align="left">791.2</td>
<td align="left">6.5</td>
<td align="left">808.8</td>
<td align="left">6.6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">7_C</td>
<td align="left">296</td>
<td align="left">288</td>
<td align="left">0.97</td>
<td align="left">1.20</td>
<td align="left">0.03</td>
<td align="left">0.133</td>
<td align="left">0.003</td>
<td align="left">805</td>
<td align="left">13</td>
<td align="left">806</td>
<td align="left">14</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">8_C</td>
<td align="left">120.5</td>
<td align="left">135.6</td>
<td align="left">1.13</td>
<td align="left">1.18</td>
<td align="left">0.01</td>
<td align="left">0.134</td>
<td align="left">0.001</td>
<td align="left">788.7</td>
<td align="left">5.3</td>
<td align="left">808.9</td>
<td align="left">7.2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">8_CR</td>
<td align="left">164.9</td>
<td align="left">169.1</td>
<td align="left">1.03</td>
<td align="left">1.14</td>
<td align="left">0.01</td>
<td align="left">0.130</td>
<td align="left">0.001</td>
<td align="left">774.7</td>
<td align="left">4.4</td>
<td align="left">790.2</td>
<td align="left">5.4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">9_C</td>
<td align="left">430</td>
<td align="left">350</td>
<td align="left">0.81</td>
<td align="left">1.17</td>
<td align="left">0.01</td>
<td align="left">0.133</td>
<td align="left">0.001</td>
<td align="left">786.7</td>
<td align="left">4</td>
<td align="left">801.9</td>
<td align="left">5.9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">9_R</td>
<td align="left">313</td>
<td align="left">344</td>
<td align="left">1.10</td>
<td align="left">1.06</td>
<td align="left">0.01</td>
<td align="left">0.120</td>
<td align="left">0.001</td>
<td align="left">731.6</td>
<td align="left">3.2</td>
<td align="left">728.3</td>
<td align="left">4.6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">10_C1</td>
<td align="left">117.6</td>
<td align="left">64.7</td>
<td align="left">0.55</td>
<td align="left">1.06</td>
<td align="left">0.04</td>
<td align="left">0.119</td>
<td align="left">0.004</td>
<td align="left">730</td>
<td align="left">20</td>
<td align="left">726</td>
<td align="left">24</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">10_C2</td>
<td align="left">107.6</td>
<td align="left">58.2</td>
<td align="left">0.54</td>
<td align="left">1.18</td>
<td align="left">0.02</td>
<td align="left">0.135</td>
<td align="left">0.002</td>
<td align="left">791.1</td>
<td align="left">9.9</td>
<td align="left">814</td>
<td align="left">8.7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">11_R1</td>
<td align="left">620</td>
<td align="left">2.44</td>
<td align="left">0.00</td>
<td align="left">0.09</td>
<td align="left">0.00</td>
<td align="left">0.014</td>
<td align="left">0.000</td>
<td align="left">88.1</td>
<td align="left">2.6</td>
<td align="left">89.7</td>
<td align="left">2.6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">11_C2</td>
<td align="left">352</td>
<td align="left">15</td>
<td align="left">0.04</td>
<td align="left">0.16</td>
<td align="left">0.01</td>
<td align="left">0.022</td>
<td align="left">0.001</td>
<td align="left">149.8</td>
<td align="left">4.7</td>
<td align="left">140.5</td>
<td align="left">4.1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">11_R2</td>
<td align="left">524</td>
<td align="left">3.11</td>
<td align="left">0.01</td>
<td align="left">0.09</td>
<td align="left">0.00</td>
<td align="left">0.014</td>
<td align="left">0.000</td>
<td align="left">86.49</td>
<td align="left">0.96</td>
<td align="left">87.52</td>
<td align="left">0.65</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">12_C</td>
<td align="left">628</td>
<td align="left">760</td>
<td align="left">1.21</td>
<td align="left">0.88</td>
<td align="left">0.01</td>
<td align="left">0.097</td>
<td align="left">0.002</td>
<td align="left">641.5</td>
<td align="left">7.2</td>
<td align="left">595.9</td>
<td align="left">9.8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">12_R</td>
<td align="left">466</td>
<td align="left">38.43</td>
<td align="left">0.08</td>
<td align="left">0.13</td>
<td align="left">0.00</td>
<td align="left">0.019</td>
<td align="left">0.000</td>
<td align="left">125.2</td>
<td align="left">2.3</td>
<td align="left">123.6</td>
<td align="left">1.9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">13_R</td>
<td align="left">224</td>
<td align="left">63.5</td>
<td align="left">0.28</td>
<td align="left">0.44</td>
<td align="left">0.01</td>
<td align="left">0.049</td>
<td align="left">0.002</td>
<td align="left">370</td>
<td align="left">11</td>
<td align="left">306.7</td>
<td align="left">9.5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">13_C</td>
<td align="left">186.3</td>
<td align="left">150</td>
<td align="left">0.81</td>
<td align="left">1.19</td>
<td align="left">0.01</td>
<td align="left">0.133</td>
<td align="left">0.001</td>
<td align="left">796.1</td>
<td align="left">6.2</td>
<td align="left">802.6</td>
<td align="left">5.7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">14_C1</td>
<td align="left">181</td>
<td align="left">110</td>
<td align="left">0.61</td>
<td align="left">1.03</td>
<td align="left">0.05</td>
<td align="left">0.116</td>
<td align="left">0.005</td>
<td align="left">717</td>
<td align="left">23</td>
<td align="left">705</td>
<td align="left">30</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">14_C2</td>
<td align="left">200</td>
<td align="left">152</td>
<td align="left">0.76</td>
<td align="left">1.15</td>
<td align="left">0.02</td>
<td align="left">0.129</td>
<td align="left">0.002</td>
<td align="left">775.4</td>
<td align="left">8</td>
<td align="left">780</td>
<td align="left">10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">15_C</td>
<td align="left">353</td>
<td align="left">381</td>
<td align="left">1.08</td>
<td align="left">1.04</td>
<td align="left">0.01</td>
<td align="left">0.117</td>
<td align="left">0.001</td>
<td align="left">724.7</td>
<td align="left">4.4</td>
<td align="left">712.2</td>
<td align="left">5.3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">15_R</td>
<td align="left">109.7</td>
<td align="left">41.25</td>
<td align="left">0.38</td>
<td align="left">0.98</td>
<td align="left">0.02</td>
<td align="left">0.108</td>
<td align="left">0.002</td>
<td align="left">694.1</td>
<td align="left">8.8</td>
<td align="left">662.7</td>
<td align="left">9.8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">16_C1</td>
<td align="left">284</td>
<td align="left">236</td>
<td align="left">0.83</td>
<td align="left">1.11</td>
<td align="left">0.02</td>
<td align="left">0.124</td>
<td align="left">0.002</td>
<td align="left">759.3</td>
<td align="left">9</td>
<td align="left">752</td>
<td align="left">12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">16C2</td>
<td align="left">49</td>
<td align="left">28.2</td>
<td align="left">0.58</td>
<td align="left">1.24</td>
<td align="left">0.02</td>
<td align="left">0.136</td>
<td align="left">0.001</td>
<td align="left">819</td>
<td align="left">10</td>
<td align="left">819.4</td>
<td align="left">6.9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">17_C</td>
<td align="left">234.4</td>
<td align="left">230.1</td>
<td align="left">0.98</td>
<td align="left">1.06</td>
<td align="left">0.01</td>
<td align="left">0.116</td>
<td align="left">0.001</td>
<td align="left">733.2</td>
<td align="left">6.4</td>
<td align="left">709.2</td>
<td align="left">7.8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">17_R</td>
<td align="left">314.1</td>
<td align="left">29.2</td>
<td align="left">0.09</td>
<td align="left">0.19</td>
<td align="left">0.00</td>
<td align="left">0.028</td>
<td align="left">0.000</td>
<td align="left">176.3</td>
<td align="left">2.8</td>
<td align="left">175.6</td>
<td align="left">2.1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">18_C</td>
<td align="left">76.8</td>
<td align="left">72.4</td>
<td align="left">0.94</td>
<td align="left">1.09</td>
<td align="left">0.02</td>
<td align="left">0.116</td>
<td align="left">0.002</td>
<td align="left">746</td>
<td align="left">9.6</td>
<td align="left">707</td>
<td align="left">10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">18_C2</td>
<td align="left">172</td>
<td align="left">46.1</td>
<td align="left">0.27</td>
<td align="left">1.13</td>
<td align="left">0.02</td>
<td align="left">0.121</td>
<td align="left">0.002</td>
<td align="left">769.4</td>
<td align="left">7.1</td>
<td align="left">738</td>
<td align="left">9.2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">19_C</td>
<td align="left">142</td>
<td align="left">54.4</td>
<td align="left">0.38</td>
<td align="left">1.27</td>
<td align="left">0.02</td>
<td align="left">0.136</td>
<td align="left">0.002</td>
<td align="left">830.3</td>
<td align="left">8.6</td>
<td align="left">823.7</td>
<td align="left">9.7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">19_R</td>
<td align="left">233</td>
<td align="left">79.5</td>
<td align="left">0.34</td>
<td align="left">1.01</td>
<td align="left">0.02</td>
<td align="left">0.111</td>
<td align="left">0.002</td>
<td align="left">710</td>
<td align="left">12</td>
<td align="left">679</td>
<td align="left">13</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">20_C</td>
<td align="left">262</td>
<td align="left">213</td>
<td align="left">0.81</td>
<td align="left">1.17</td>
<td align="left">0.02</td>
<td align="left">0.129</td>
<td align="left">0.002</td>
<td align="left">783.8</td>
<td align="left">8.8</td>
<td align="left">781</td>
<td align="left">11</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">20_C2</td>
<td align="left">123.3</td>
<td align="left">110.2</td>
<td align="left">0.89</td>
<td align="left">1.16</td>
<td align="left">0.01</td>
<td align="left">0.129</td>
<td align="left">0.001</td>
<td align="left">781.6</td>
<td align="left">4.7</td>
<td align="left">783.5</td>
<td align="left">5.3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">21_C</td>
<td align="left">228</td>
<td align="left">158.7</td>
<td align="left">0.70</td>
<td align="left">0.99</td>
<td align="left">0.02</td>
<td align="left">0.109</td>
<td align="left">0.002</td>
<td align="left">698</td>
<td align="left">11</td>
<td align="left">666</td>
<td align="left">13</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">21_C2</td>
<td align="left">263</td>
<td align="left">154</td>
<td align="left">0.59</td>
<td align="left">1.13</td>
<td align="left">0.02</td>
<td align="left">0.118</td>
<td align="left">0.001</td>
<td align="left">767</td>
<td align="left">11</td>
<td align="left">716.7</td>
<td align="left">6.6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">22_C</td>
<td align="left">196.8</td>
<td align="left">152.5</td>
<td align="left">0.77</td>
<td align="left">0.83</td>
<td align="left">0.01</td>
<td align="left">0.094</td>
<td align="left">0.002</td>
<td align="left">616.8</td>
<td align="left">7.1</td>
<td align="left">579</td>
<td align="left">9.1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">22_C2</td>
<td align="left">206.7</td>
<td align="left">174</td>
<td align="left">0.84</td>
<td align="left">0.97</td>
<td align="left">0.01</td>
<td align="left">0.107</td>
<td align="left">0.001</td>
<td align="left">689.2</td>
<td align="left">5.6</td>
<td align="left">655.2</td>
<td align="left">7.6</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</table-wrap>
<p>The zircon grains yielded <sup>206</sup>Pb/<sup>238</sup>U ages ranging from &#x223c;700 to 846 (<italic>n</italic>&#x3d;29) Ma with major magmatic pulses between &#x223c;700 and 809&#xa0;Ma (<italic>n</italic>&#x3d;21) (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F6">Figures 6B,C</xref>). Fourteen analyses provide an upper intercept age of 776.61 &#xb1; 2.72 with a MSWD &#x3d; 2.8 (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F6">Figures 6B,C</xref>). The sample bears two different <sup>206</sup>Pb-<sup>238</sup>U age groups; one with weighted mean age of 806.07 &#xb1; 1.51&#xa0;Ma (MSWD &#x3d; 1.64; <italic>n</italic> &#x3d; 6) which we consider as the zircon crystallization age in the tonalite gneiss whereas another age group with weighted mean age of 782.70 &#xb1; 1.43&#xa0;Ma (MSWD &#x3d; 2.68; <italic>n</italic> &#x3d; 6; inset of <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F6">Figure 6D</xref>). These two mean ages represent two closely related felsic magmatic pulses at a short time interval.</p>
</sec>
</sec>
<sec sec-type="discussion" id="s6">
<title>6 Discussion</title>
<sec id="s6-1">
<title>6.1 Source characterization and likely tectonic setting of neoproterozoic magmatism in the KT</title>
<p>The studied tonalite gneiss sample is intermediate in composition with SiO<sub>2</sub>&#x3d;64.85&#xa0;wt%, and MgO&#x3d;2.88&#xa0;wt% and is slightly peraluminous in nature with A/CNK values of 1.1. The high Sr/Y ratio&#x3d;19.75, La<sub>N</sub>/Yb<sub>N</sub>&#x3d;33.99 ratio point to its similarity with the adakitic rocks (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13">Defant et al., 2002</xref>). The Chondrite-normalized spidergram (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F5">Figure 5B</xref>) shows a steeply inclined REE pattern (high LREE/HREE ratios) similar to the Neoproterozoic granites of Tibet, and TTG suite (800&#xa0;Ma) of southern Pamir (e.g., <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B90">Zhang et al., 2018</xref>). The observed features suggest a mafic lower crustal source (e.g., granulite-facies) for the tonalite gneiss. We compared the tonalite gneiss with the granites of similar age from the adjacent terranes of central Tibet to assess their comparative petrogenesis and likely tectonic setting (<xref ref-type="table" rid="T2">Table 2</xref>; <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F4">Figure 4</xref>). These Neoproterozoic granites are magnesian, calcic to alkali calcic in nature and show affinity with VAG (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F4">Figure 4</xref>) and follow the calc-alkaline trend (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F4">Figure 4</xref>). Hence, they bear geochemical features similar to granites formed in the subduction-related tectonic regimes.</p>
<table-wrap id="T2" position="float">
<label>TABLE 2</label>
<caption>
<p>Compiled Sr-Nd and &#x3b5;Hf<sub>(i)</sub> isotope data from Early-Neoproterozoic magmatic rocks from Northern Lhasa, Qiangtang terrane, Pamir and KT.</p>
</caption>
<table>
<thead valign="top">
<tr>
<th align="left"/>
<th align="left">Northern Lhasa (Central Tibet)</th>
<th align="left">Amdo &#x26; Jiayuqiao Microcontinent Qiangtang terrane (Central Tibet)</th>
<th align="left">Pamir Plateau</th>
<th align="left">Karakoram Terrane (This Study)</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr>
<td align="left">
<bold>Age (Ma)</bold>
</td>
<td align="left">856 to &#x223c;748</td>
<td align="left">920-767</td>
<td align="left">840-835</td>
<td align="left">800</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2" align="left">
<bold>I</bold>
<sub>
<bold>Sr</bold>
</sub>
</td>
<td rowspan="2" align="left">0.708 to 0.711</td>
<td rowspan="2" align="left">&#x2013;</td>
<td align="left">
<bold>Tonalite, Trondhjemite:</bold> 0.705572-0.708341</td>
<td rowspan="2" align="left">&#x2013;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<bold>Granodiorite:</bold> 0.700794-701938</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<bold>&#x3b5;Nd</bold>
<sub>
<bold>(t)</bold>
</sub>
</td>
<td align="left">&#x2212;2.4 to &#x2b;10.4</td>
<td align="left">&#x2013;</td>
<td align="left">
<bold>Tonalite, Trondhjemite:</bold> -9.71 to -8.23 <bold>Granodiorite:</bold> -4.43 to -5.45</td>
<td align="left">&#x2013;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<bold>&#x3b5;Hf</bold>
<sub>
<bold>(t)</bold>
</sub>
</td>
<td align="left">-2 to &#x2b;12.4</td>
<td align="left">-8.9 to &#x2b;4.0</td>
<td align="left">
<bold>Tonalite, Trondhjemite:</bold> -14 to -10 <bold>Granodiorite:</bold> -10 to -7</td>
<td align="left">&#x2013;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<bold>Inferences</bold>
</td>
<td align="left">Derivation from the depleted mantle (juvenile) with the older continental crustal component assimilation (arc and back-arc type)</td>
<td align="left">
<bold>Protolith derived from partial melting of ancient crustal source</bold>
</td>
<td align="left">
<bold>TTG suite derivation from partial melting of a mafic lower crust (&#x2265;30) km with a garnet amphibolite residue and granodiorite derivation from partial melting of a mafic crust at a shallower level</bold>
</td>
<td align="left">
<bold>Derivation from partial melting of a lower crust where garnet remained residue during partial melting</bold>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<bold>References</bold>
</td>
<td align="left">
<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B24">Hu et al. (2005)</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B14">Dong et al. (2011)</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B25">Hu et al. (2018a)</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B26">Hu et al. (2018b)</xref>
</td>
<td align="left">
<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B39">Liu et al. (2021)</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B20">Guynn et al. (2012)</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B88">Yu et al. (2021)</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B91">Zhang et al. (2012)</xref>
</td>
<td align="left">
<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B90">Zhang et al. (2018)</xref>
</td>
<td align="left">
<bold>This Study</bold>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</table-wrap>
</sec>
<sec id="s6-2">
<title>6.2 A viable petrogenetic model linking the neoproterozoic magmatism in the KT, Southern Pamir, and Central Tibet</title>
<p>The qualitative analysis of whole-rock elemental data demonstrates that the tonalite gneiss (SiO<sub>2</sub>&#x3d;64.85, MgO&#x3d;2.88wt%, with High LREE/HREE and Sr/Y ratio), might have formed through the melting of a mafic lower crust as noted for the Neoproterozoic TTG suite of the southern Pamir (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B90">Zhang et al., 2018</xref>), and for fractionated granitoid suite from the Central Tibet (e.g., Amdo and Jiayuqiao) (e.g., <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B39">Liu et al., 2021</xref>). It is therefore imperative to test the hypothesis quantitatively using trace and REE modeling of mafic lower crustal composition (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B81">Weaver and Tarney, 1980</xref>), which probably formed the Neoproterozoic granitoid of these terranes. In the present study the analyzed sample is from the metamorphic terrane, therefore it is important to decipher the any metamorphic and other alteration effects on the sample. The petrographic features of the tonalite gneiss e.g., 1) primary euhedral crystals of biotite having cleavage in the basal section 2) the absence of sub-solidus deformation in the quartz grains e.g., sub-grain rotation and grain boundary migration etc. suggest that the rock preserved the magmatic texture and has not suffered any alteration and high-grade metamorphism. There are no evidences in this sample for alteration of biotite to chlorite. Any low-grade metamorphism only can affect the alkali element concentrations (e.g., K and Na) and LILE concentrations (e.g., Rb, Ba, Sr, Pb, and Cs). In contrast, these low-grade metamorphic activities have negligible impact on the abundances of immobile elements (e.g., <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B25">Hu et al., 2018a</xref>), therefore, we carried out the REEs modeling in our study.</p>
<p>The melts with a high Sr/Y ratio can be generated at a depth of &#x223c;&#x3e;30&#x2013;40&#xa0;km (&#x3e;1.2&#xa0;GPa) where garnet remains stable with residues of garnet-amphibolite, or eclogite and plagioclase remain unstable (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B49">Petford and Gallagher, 2001</xref>). The mineral modes (Gt&#x3d;0.30, Amp&#x3d;0.10, Cpx&#x3d;0.20) of a mafic source for the partial melting model were therefore chosen reasonably at &#x223c;900&#xb0;C and at &#x223c;12&#x2013;15&#xa0;kbar (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B54">Qian and Hermann, 2013</xref>). The mineral/liquid partition coefficients (Kds) were taken from <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B54">Qian and Hermann. (2013)</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B60">Rollinson. (1993)</xref>, and from GERM Partition Coefficient (Kds) Database as given in <xref ref-type="sec" rid="s14">Supplementary Table S2</xref>.</p>
<p>The equilibrium batch melting was performed using the equation (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B63">Schilling and Winchester, 1967</xref>):<disp-formula id="e1">
<mml:math id="m1">
<mml:mrow>
<mml:mfrac>
<mml:mrow>
<mml:msub>
<mml:mi>C</mml:mi>
<mml:mi>l</mml:mi>
</mml:msub>
</mml:mrow>
<mml:mrow>
<mml:msub>
<mml:mi>C</mml:mi>
<mml:mn>0</mml:mn>
</mml:msub>
</mml:mrow>
</mml:mfrac>
<mml:mo>&#x3d;</mml:mo>
<mml:mfrac>
<mml:mn>1</mml:mn>
<mml:mrow>
<mml:mi>F</mml:mi>
<mml:mo>&#x2b;</mml:mo>
<mml:mi>D</mml:mi>
<mml:mo>&#x2212;</mml:mo>
<mml:mi>F</mml:mi>
<mml:mi>D</mml:mi>
</mml:mrow>
</mml:mfrac>
</mml:mrow>
</mml:math>
<label>(1)</label>
</disp-formula>
</p>
<p>where, C<sub>L</sub> and C<sub>0</sub> are the concentrations of an element in the melt and source respectively, F is the weight fraction of melt, and D is the bulk distribution coefficient.</p>
<p>For fractional crystallization we used the Rayleigh fractionation equation (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B56">Rayleigh, 1896</xref>):<disp-formula id="e2">
<mml:math id="m2">
<mml:mrow>
<mml:mfrac>
<mml:mrow>
<mml:msub>
<mml:mi>C</mml:mi>
<mml:mi>l</mml:mi>
</mml:msub>
</mml:mrow>
<mml:mrow>
<mml:msub>
<mml:mi>C</mml:mi>
<mml:mn>0</mml:mn>
</mml:msub>
</mml:mrow>
</mml:mfrac>
<mml:mo>&#x3d;</mml:mo>
<mml:msup>
<mml:mi>F</mml:mi>
<mml:mrow>
<mml:mi>D</mml:mi>
<mml:mo>&#x2212;</mml:mo>
<mml:mn>1</mml:mn>
</mml:mrow>
</mml:msup>
</mml:mrow>
</mml:math>
<label>(2)</label>
</disp-formula>
</p>
<p>where, C<sub>L</sub> and C<sub>0</sub> are the concentrations of an element in the residual melt and parent magma respectively, F is the weight fraction of residual melt, and D is the bulk distribution coefficient. We consider the proportions (Bt&#x3d;0.20, Plg&#x3d;0.45, Kfs&#x3d;0.05, Qz&#x3d;0.30) of mineral mode present in the studied tonalite gneiss as fractionating phases.</p>
<p>The calculated results are summarized in <xref ref-type="table" rid="T3">Table 3</xref> and trends of partial melting and fractional crystallization are shown on (La/Yb)<sub>N</sub> vs. Yb<sub>N</sub> (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B40">Martin, 1986</xref>) (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F7">Figure 7A</xref>) on La/Sm vs. La (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F7">Figure 7B</xref>). The calculated results suggest that about 50% melting of a mafic lower crustal source can generate a composition similar to the tonalite gneiss SM 4&#xa0;M (SiO<sub>2</sub>&#x3d;64.85, MgO&#x3d;2.88wt%). Further fractional crystallization (FC) (&#x223c;42%) of generated melt can produce rock members similar to the Tonalite&#x2013;trondhjemite suite (SiO<sub>2</sub>&#x3d;67&#xa0;wt%; MgO&#x3d;1.61: average of <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B90">Zhang et al., 2018</xref> geochemical data) from the Southern Pamir, and about 47% FC can produce rock members similar to the granitoid suite (SiO<sub>2</sub>&#x3d;71.4&#xa0;wt%; MgO&#x3d;1.3; average of <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B39">Liu et al., 2021</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B88">Yu et al., 2021</xref>) from the Central Tibet (<xref ref-type="table" rid="T3">Table 3</xref>). The generation of the SM 4&#xa0;M at a high degree of partial melting (40%&#x2013;60%) also supports its affinity toward the tonalitic nature of the melt (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">Arndt, 2013</xref>). It is therefore likely that melt similar to the low SiO<sub>2</sub> and high MgO tonalite gneiss SM 4&#xa0;M served as parental magma which evolved through fractional differentiation forming the high SiO<sub>2</sub> and low MgO rock members of the TTG suites of southern Pamir and granitoid from Central Tibet. Based on geochemical and zircon Lu-Hf isotope data <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B39">Liu et al., 2021</xref> also suggested that the granodiorites and tonalites as the protolith of the central Tibet granitic gneisses. However, the likely genetic connotation between KT tonalite gneiss and rocks of TTG from Pamir needs to be tested further using a large database.</p>
<table-wrap id="T3" position="float">
<label>TABLE 3</label>
<caption>
<p>Trace and rare Earth elements (REEs) modeling results for the studied tonalite gneiss (SM 4&#xa0;M), TTGs of the South Pamir terrane, and Central Tibet.</p>
</caption>
<table>
<thead valign="top">
<tr>
<th align="left"/>
<th align="left">Parent (Lower crust, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B81">Weaver and Tarney, (1980</xref>)</th>
<th align="left">Observed results (SM 4&#xa0;M (This Study)</th>
<th align="left">Calculated Partial Melting results (F&#x3d;0.5)</th>
<th align="left">Observed results (Average of TTGs, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B90">Zhang et al. (2018</xref>), Southern Pamir)</th>
<th align="left">Calculated FC results (F&#x3d;0.58)(Average of TTGs</th>
<th align="left">Observed results (Average of Granitoids <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B39">Liu et al. (2021)</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B88">Yu et al. (2021)</xref>Central Tibet)</th>
<th align="left">Calculated FC results (F&#x3d;0.53)</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr>
<td align="left">La</td>
<td align="left">9.5</td>
<td align="left">18.01</td>
<td align="left">18.40</td>
<td align="left">28.12</td>
<td align="left">28.70</td>
<td align="left">30.33</td>
<td align="left">30.90</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Ce</td>
<td align="left">17</td>
<td align="left">37.98</td>
<td align="left">31.89</td>
<td align="left">51.67</td>
<td align="left">53.82</td>
<td align="left">64.71</td>
<td align="left">57.42</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Pr</td>
<td align="left">2</td>
<td align="left">4.23</td>
<td align="left">3.71</td>
<td align="left">5.80</td>
<td align="left">6.40</td>
<td align="left">6.77</td>
<td align="left">7.00</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Nd</td>
<td align="left">8</td>
<td align="left">17.11</td>
<td align="left">13.02</td>
<td align="left">20.91</td>
<td align="left">21.51</td>
<td align="left">23.33</td>
<td align="left">23.38</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Sm</td>
<td align="left">2.75</td>
<td align="left">3.67</td>
<td align="left">2.96</td>
<td align="left">4.69</td>
<td align="left">4.86</td>
<td align="left">4.42</td>
<td align="left">5.27</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Eu</td>
<td align="left">1.1</td>
<td align="left">0.87</td>
<td align="left">0.98</td>
<td align="left">1.15</td>
<td align="left">1.15</td>
<td align="left">0.71</td>
<td align="left">1.18</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Gd</td>
<td align="left">3.95</td>
<td align="left">2.76</td>
<td align="left">2.22</td>
<td align="left">2.86</td>
<td align="left">3.73</td>
<td align="left">4.00</td>
<td align="left">4.06</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Tb</td>
<td align="left">0.58</td>
<td align="left">0.38</td>
<td align="left">---</td>
<td align="left">0.35</td>
<td align="left">---</td>
<td align="left">0.62</td>
<td align="left">----</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Dy</td>
<td align="left">3.35</td>
<td align="left">1.96</td>
<td align="left">1.59</td>
<td align="left">1.82</td>
<td align="left">2.57</td>
<td align="left">3.85</td>
<td align="left">2.78</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Ho</td>
<td align="left">0.73</td>
<td align="left">0.16</td>
<td align="left">---</td>
<td align="left">0.35</td>
<td align="left">---</td>
<td align="left">0.81</td>
<td align="left">----</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Er</td>
<td align="left">2</td>
<td align="left">0.45</td>
<td align="left">1.11</td>
<td align="left">0.94</td>
<td align="left">1.86</td>
<td align="left">2.30</td>
<td align="left">2.02</td>
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<td align="left">Tm</td>
<td align="left">0.35</td>
<td align="left">0.04</td>
<td align="left">---</td>
<td align="left">0.14</td>
<td align="left">---</td>
<td align="left">0.34</td>
<td align="left">----</td>
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<td align="left">Yb</td>
<td align="left">1.9</td>
<td align="left">0.38</td>
<td align="left">0.66</td>
<td align="left">0.90</td>
<td align="left">1.10</td>
<td align="left">2.20</td>
<td align="left">1.20</td>
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<td align="left">Lu</td>
<td align="left">0.3</td>
<td align="left">0.06</td>
<td align="left">0.12</td>
<td align="left">0.13</td>
<td align="left">0.20</td>
<td align="left">0.32</td>
<td align="left">0.21</td>
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<p>
<bold>Note:</bold> For less fractionated SM, 4&#xa0;M (SiO2&#x3d;64.85, MgO&#x3d;2.88wt%) the parent is Lower crust (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B81">Weaver and Tarney, 1980</xref>), while the calculated partial melting results at (F&#x3d;0.5) were used as the parent for the highly fractionated TTGs (SiO2&#x3d;67&#xa0;wt%; MgO&#x3d;1.61; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B90">Zhang et al., 2018</xref>) and Granitoids (SiO2&#x3d;71.38&#xa0;wt%; MgO&#x3d;1.30; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B39">Liu et al., 2021</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B88">Yu et al., 2021</xref>).</p>
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<label>FIGURE 7</label>
<caption>
<p>Calculated trends obtained from geochemical modeling of partial melting (PM) of a mafic lower crust (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B81">Weaver and Tarney, 1980</xref>), and fractional crystallization (FC) of the melt produced (50%) shown in terms of: <bold>(A)</bold> (La/Yb)<sub>N</sub> versus Yb<sub>N</sub> <bold>(B)</bold> La/Sm versus La.</p>
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<title>6.3 Pamir-karakoram-Tibet as fragments of rodinia supercontinent</title>
<p>We compile zircon U-Pb inherited ages from the Triassic to Miocene granitoid and detrital zircon U-Pb geochronological records from southern Pamir, Karakoram, and central Tibet<bold>,</bold> and compare them with Neoproterozoic magmatism of these terranes to decipher the geological magmatic history of these blocks during the Rodinia supercontinent cycle (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F8">Figure 8</xref>). The data compilation suggests that the terranes witnessed intense magmatism during Neoproterozoic and Cambrian times (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F8">Figure 8</xref>). We also compile the Sr-Nd and zircon Lu-Hf isotope values of the granitoids of &#x223c;920&#x2013;748&#xa0;Ma from these terranes to assess their comparative petrogenesis and the likely source of their formation (<xref ref-type="table" rid="T2">Table 2</xref>). The negative to positive &#x3b5;Nd<sub>(t)</sub> and &#x3b5;Hf<sub>(t)</sub> isotope values from the Early-Middle Neoproterozoic sedimentary deposits, as well as bedrock granite gneisses from Tibet along with high (<sup>87</sup>Sr/<sup>86</sup>Sr)<sub>I</sub> values of 0.708&#x2013;0.711 (<xref ref-type="table" rid="T2">Table 2</xref>), suggest the origin of the granitoids from depleted mantle with the older continental crustal component assimilation (<xref ref-type="table" rid="T2">Table 2</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B88">Yu et al., 2021</xref>). However, the Neoproterozoic (857&#x2013;767&#xa0;Ma) granite gneiss from the Amdo &#x26; Jiayuqiao microcontinents from the Qiangtang terrane, Central Tibet have highly negative to positive values (&#x2013;8.9 to 4.0), and geochemically the granite gneiss bears calc-alkaline nature, with the protolith derived from partial melting of ancient crustal source (e.g., tonalites and granodiorites) (<xref ref-type="table" rid="T2">Table 2</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B39">Liu et a., 2021</xref>). Similarly, the middle Neoproterozoic (&#x223c;840&#xa0;Ma) TTG suite from the central Pamir also have &#x3b5;Nd<sub>(i)</sub> (&#x2212;14 to &#x2212;10) and zircon &#x3b5;Hf<sub>(i)</sub> (&#x2212;9.5 to &#x2212;8.7) and geochemically the granitoids belong to TTG/adakites suites having enriched LILE, and LREEs as compared to HFSEs and HREEs with high Sr/Y and (La/Yb)<sub>N</sub> ratios suggesting its origin from partial melting of a mafic lower crust (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B90">Zhang et al., 2018</xref>). Our observed geochemical results from the present study also suggest that the tonalite gneiss (SM 4&#xa0;M) from the eastern Karakoram melt might have derived from partial melting of the mafic lower continental crust (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F5">Figure 5B</xref>). Therefore, we argue that these continents might have experienced a similar geotectonic evolution during Neoproterozoic time. Considering limitations of interpretation based on only one sample of tonalite gneiss, it cannot be argued firmly the exact position of the KT within the Rodinia supercontinent but the theory of plate tectonics suggests that no rock is accidental (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B15">Fichter and Whitmeyer, 2019</xref>). The reason we got only one tonalite sample of Cryogenian age in this zone might be that partial migmatization have annealed and recrystallized the zircons of the Late Neo-Proterozoic terrane. Therefore, we argue that this sample bears significance in the Rodinia supercontinent reconstruction. Based on identical geochemical and geochronological records from the Karakoram and south-central Pamir, we propose the Karakoram, south-central Pamir and central Tibet microcontinents as a single continental block during Neoproterozoic. The Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous rims from the zircons are homogenous indicating the tonalite gneiss have recorded thermal imprints during the subduction of Neo-Tethys Oceanic lithosphere along the Eurasian Plate margin.</p>
<fig id="F8" position="float">
<label>FIGURE 8</label>
<caption>
<p>Probability density plot for the inherited zircon ages from the Triassic to Miocene granitoid, U&#x2013;Pb detrital ages, and Neoproterozoic U&#x2013;Pb ages from <bold>(A)</bold> the Karakoram, <bold>(B)</bold> Southern Pamir, and <bold>(C)</bold> Central Tibet (Data source-Karakoram: <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">Boutonnet et al., 2012</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17">Fraser et al., 2001</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B23">Heuberger et al., 2007</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B34">Kumar et al., 2017</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B45">Parrish and Tirrul, 1989</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B52">Pundir et al., 2020a</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B53">Pundir et al., 2020b</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B55">Ravikant et al., 2009</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B64">Schwab et al., 2004</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B67">Searle et al., 1998</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B68">Sen et al., 2014</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B76">Van buer et al., 2015</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B82">Weinberg et al., 2000</xref>; Southern Pamir: <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8">Chapman et al., 2018</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B38">Liu et al., 2020</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B64">Schwab et al., 2004</xref>; Central Tibet: <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B21">Hao et al., 2016</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B44">Ou et al., 2017</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B64">Schwab et al., 2004</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B75">Sui et al., 2013</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B80">Wang et al., 2020</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B86">Wu et al., 2016</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B89">Zhai et al., 2013</xref>). Density plots of U&#x2013;Pb detrital ages are taken from previous studies. Tibet: <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B19">Gehrels et al., 2011</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B22">He et al., 2019</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B71">Song et al., 2017</xref>; Pamir: <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8">Chapman et al., 2018</xref>; Karakoram: <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3">Borneman et al., 2015</xref>. Density plots of Neoproterozoic U&#x2013;Pb ages. Data Source: Tibet: <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B24">Hu et al., 2005</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B14">Dong et al., 2011</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B39">Liu et al., 2021</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B88">Yu et al., 2021</xref> (n&#x3d;290), Karakoram: This study (n&#x3d;45), Pamir: <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B90">Zhang et al., 2018</xref> (<italic>n</italic>&#x3d;199).</p>
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<title>7 Conclusions</title>
<p>The elemental data suggest that the studied tonalite gneiss is more likely sourced from the mafic lower crust where garnet remained in the residue. Petrogenetic modeling suggests that the parental melt similar to the tonalite gneiss can be generated by &#x223c;50% partial melting of the mafic lower crust which might have served as the parent to the TTGs and the more evolved granitoid suite from the Southern Pamir and Central Tibet during Neoproterozoic. The middle-Neoproterozoic tonalite gneiss, recorded for the first time from the KT, suggests Karakoram, south-central Pamir and central Tibet microcontinents as a single continental block during Neoproterozoic.</p>
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<title>Data availability statement</title>
<p>The original contributions presented in the study are included in the article/<xref ref-type="sec" rid="s14">Supplementary Material</xref>, further inquiries can be directed to the corresponding author.</p>
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<title>Author contributions</title>
<p>SP wrote the manuscript with inputs from VA and SK. VA acquired funding for the research and did project administration. SS and SD produced the zircon U-Pb geochronological results.</p>
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<title>Funding</title>
<p>This work was supported by Science and Engineering Research Board grant EMR/2014/000555 and Activity 7 of the WIHG CAP Himalaya awarded to VA.</p>
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<ack>
<p>Director, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, is thanked for motivation and generous support during the research work. Manoranjan Mohanty and Rajwant, Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), New Delhi, are thanked for their continuous support and encouragement. Naresh Kumar Juyal helped during CL imaging, and Chandra Shekhar helped while ICPMS and XRF analyses. Chhutapa Phuntsog Dorjay, Skalzang Namgyal, and Thinless Gyachho are thanked for field assistance. The Indo-Tibetan Border Police is highly acknowledged for help during fieldwork in Ladakh, NW India.</p>
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