Single-grain detrital-muscovite ages from Lower Cretaceous sandstones, Scotian basin, and their implications for provenance

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-80

  Reynolds, Peter H ^a   Pe Piper, Georgia ^b   Piper, David J W ^c   Grist, A M ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDFORMS; OFFSHORE GAS FIELDS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SANDSTONE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; EARLY CRETACEOUS; LATE TRIASSIC; LOWER CRETACEOUS; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; MUSCOVITE GRAINS; UPPER CRETACEOUS;

MICA;

ALLEGHANIAN; BATHOLITH; CRETACEOUS; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; JURASSIC; MASS BALANCE; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; MONAZITE; MUSCOVITE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLLITE; PROVENANCE; RESERVOIR; SANDSTONE; SHEAR ZONE; TRIASSIC;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA; SABLE ISLAND; SCOTIA SHELF; SOUTH MOUNTAIN;

EID: 76749128191     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscpgbull.57.1.63     Document Type: Article

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