Content of review 1, reviewed on December 18, 2018

This paper provides new petrological, geochemical, and zircon U-Pb geochronological data of meta-igneous rocks from Austhovde, Telen, Skallevikshalsen, and Skallen in the Lützow-Holm Complex (LHC) of East Antarctica. The results show felsic to mafic meta-igneous rocks, dominant 1.8 Ga magmatic zircons with minor 2.5-2.1 Ga xenocrysts and 646-521 Ma metamorphism. The Authors have evaluated the regional Paleoproterozoic (ca. 1.8 Ga) arc magmatism in this terrane for the first time. They also reveal a volcanic-arc affinity for most of the meta-igneous rocks from Austhovde and Telen, though the protoliths of two mafic granulites from Austhovde are inferred as non-volcanic-arc basalt such as E-MORB. They also tried to relate these terranes with the Highland Complex in Sri Lanka, and the Trivandrum and Nagercoil Blocks in southern India. They also present new insights on crustal growth and terrane assembly in the ancient continental blocks of Gondwana. The manuscript is well organized and flawlessly written with detailed observation and many data/Figures, and provides interesting results and conclusions.

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References

    Takahashi, K., Tsunogae, T., Santosh, M., Takamura, Y., Tsutsumi, Y. 2018. Paleoproterozoic (ca. 1.8 Ga) arc magmatism in the Liitzow-Holm Complex, East Antarctica: Implications for crustal growth and terrane assembly in erstwhile Gondwana fragments. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences.