SHRIMP constraints on sediment provenance and transport history in the Mesozoic Statfjord Formation, North Sea

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 915-929

  Morton, Andrew C ^a   Claoué Long, Jonathan C ^b   Berge, Cato ^c  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c Shell UK Explor and Production   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

North Sea; Provenance; Statfjord Formation; Zircon

Indexed keywords

HEAVY MINERAL; JURASSIC; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TRIASSIC; ZIRCON;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0030432935     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.153.6.0915     Document Type: Article

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