Evolution of provenance in the NE Atlantic rift: The Early-Middle Jurassic succession in the Heidrun Field, Halten Terrace, offshore Mid-Norway

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1100-1117

  Morton, Andrew ^a,b   Hallsworth, Claire ^a   Strogen, Dominic ^b   Whitham, Andrew ^b   Fanning, Mark ^c  

^a Giddanmu   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Halten Terrace; Heavy minerals; Heidrun Field; Jurassic; Provenance; Zircon

Indexed keywords

HALTEN TERRACE; HEAVY MINERALS; HEIDRUN FIELD; JURASSIC; PROVENANCE;

CALCIUM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GARNETS; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MINING; OXIDE MINERALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICA; SOIL CONSERVATION; TITANIUM OXIDES; ZIRCON;

SILICATE MINERALS;

DEPOSITION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; HEAVY MINERAL; JURASSIC; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; ZIRCON;

ARCTIC OCEAN; EAST GREENLAND SHELF; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREENLAND SEA; HALTENBANKEN; HEIDRUN FIELD; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; NORWEGIAN SEA; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 67349152337     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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