K-feldspar sand-grain provenance in the Triassic, west of Shetland: Distinguishing first-cycle and recycled sediment sources?

Geological Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 692-710

  Tyrrell, Shane ^a   Leleu, Sophie ^b   Kate Souders, A ^c   Haughton, Peter D W ^a   Daly, J Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

K feldspar; Pb isotopes; Provenance; Recycling; Triassic; West of shetland basins

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; FELDSPAR; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEAD ISOTOPE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; TRIASSIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SHETLAND BASIN;

EID: 71749107747     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1185     Document Type: Article

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