Sedimentology, sandstone provenance and palaeodrainage on the eastern Rockall Basin margin: Evidence from the Pb isotopic composition of detrital K-feldspar

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 7, Issue 0, 2010, Pages 937-952

  Tyrrell, S ^a   Souders, A K ^b   Haughton, P D W ^a   Daly J S , ^a   Shannon P M , ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dooish; K feldspar; Mesozoic; Palaeodrainage; Pb isotopes; Provenance; Rockall Basin; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052527647     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0070937     Document Type: Conference Paper

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