Origin of lower cretaceous ('Nubian') sandstones of North-east Africa and arabia from detrital zircon U-Pb SHRIMP dating

Sedimentology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2010-2023

  Kolodner, Keren ^a   Avigad, Dov ^a   Ireland, Trevor Russell ^b   Garfunkel, Zvi ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arabia; Detrital zircon geochronology; Israel; Lower cretaceous; North east Africa; Nubian sandstones; Provenance

Indexed keywords

ARABIA; DETRITAL ZIRCON; ISRAEL; LOWER CRETACEOUS; NORTH-EAST AFRICA; NUBIAN SANDSTONES; PROVENANCE;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD; QUARTZ; RECYCLING; SHELLFISH; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

SANDSTONE;

AGE DETERMINATION; CRETACEOUS; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SHRIMP DATING; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; ISRAEL; JORDAN; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 77955562252     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2009.01067.x     Document Type: Article

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