Drainage reorganization during breakup of Pangea revealed by in-situ Pb isotopic analysis of detrital K-feldspar

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 971-974

  Tyrrell, S ^a   Haughton, P D W ^a   Daly, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

K feldspar; Paleodrainage; Pangea; Pb isotopes; Provenance

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC RIFTING; JURASSIC SANDSTONES; PALEODRAINAGE; PROVENANCE TRACER; TRIASSIC SANDSTONES;

LASER ABLATION; LEAD; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

FELDSPAR;

DETRITAL DEPOSIT; DIAGENESIS; FELDSPAR; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; JURASSIC; LEAD ISOTOPE; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TRIASSIC; WEATHERING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ROCKALL BANK;

EID: 37449016899     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G4123A.1     Document Type: Article

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