The use of the common Pb isotope composition of detrital K-feldspar grains as a provenance tool and its application to Upper Carboniferous paleodrainage, northern England

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 324-345

  Tyrrell, Shane ^a   Haughton, P D W ^a   Daly, J S ^a   Kokfelt, T F ^b,c   Gagnevin, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^c NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; GRANITE; ISOTOPES; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WEATHERING;

HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; ITS APPLICATIONS; K-FELDSPAR GRAINS; NORTHERN ENGLAND; NORTHWEST ENGLAND; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENT-ROUTING; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

FELDSPAR;

CARBONIFEROUS; DRAINAGE NETWORK; LEAD ISOTOPE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PROVENANCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33644827943     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2006.023     Document Type: Article

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