Laurentian sources for detrital zircon grains in turbidite and deltaic sandstones of the Pennsylvanian Haymond Formation, Marathon Assemblage, West Texas, U.S.A.

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 77, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 888-900

  Gleason, James D ^a   Gehrels, George E ^b   Dickinson, William R ^b   Patchett, P Jonathan ^b   Kring, David A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; LEAD ALLOYS; SANDSTONE; SILICATE MINERALS; URANIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCON;

DEPOSITIONAL SETTING; DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM; DETRITAL ZIRCON AGE SPECTRUM; DETRITAL ZIRCON GRAINS; FLUVIO-DELTAIC; OCEAN BASINS; PENNSYLVANIANS; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

DEPOSITION;

DELTAIC DEPOSIT; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; PENNSYLVANIAN; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; TURBIDITE; ZIRCON;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37049030195     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2007.084     Document Type: Article

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