Garnet compositions in Scottish and Norwegian basement terrains: A framework for interpretation of North Sea sandstone provenance

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 393-410

  Morton, Andrew ^a,b   Hallsworth, Claire ^a   Chalton, Bruce ^b  

^a Giddanmu   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Detrital garnet; North Sea; Norway; Paleocene; Provenance; Scotland

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT TERRAIN; BURIAL DIAGENESIS; GARNET COMPOSITIONS; GARNET DATA;

DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GARNETS; LITHOLOGY; RIVERS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

BASEMENT ROCK; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GARNET; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 2342514249     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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