Testing the application of in situ Sm-Nd isotopic analysis on detrital apatites: A provenance tool for constraining the timing of India-Eurasia collision

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 297, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 42-49

  Henderson, Alexandra L ^a   Foster, Gavin L ^b   Najman, Yani ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apatite; Erosion; Himalaya; Neodymium isotopes; Provenance

Indexed keywords

BULK ROCKS; EURASIA; EURASIAN PLATES; HIMALAYAS; IN-SITU; INDIAN PLATE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOW-TO-HIGH; PROVENANCE; RIVER SEDIMENTS; SINGLE GRAINS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; APATITE; EROSION; ISOTOPES; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TIME MEASUREMENT;

NEODYMIUM;

APATITE; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; EROSION; EURASIAN PLATE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; INDIAN PLATE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PROVENANCE; SAMARIUM;

EURASIA; INDIA; INDUS BASIN; PAKISTAN;

EID: 77956009658     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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