Provenance of late Carboniferous sandstones in the Pennine Basin (UK) from combined heavy mineral, garnet geochemistry and palaeocurrent studies

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 203, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 196-212

  Hallsworth, C R ^a   Chisholm, J I ^b  

^a Giddanmu   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heavy minerals; late Carboniferous; Palaeocurrents; Provenance; UK Pennine Basin

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; GARNET; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY MINERAL; PALEOCURRENT; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRATIGRAPHY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; PENNINE BASIN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 39649085818     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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