Distinguishing East and West Antarctic sediment sources using the Pb isotope composition of detrital K-feldspar

Chemical Geology

Volumn 292-293, Issue , 2012, Pages 88-102

  Flowerdew, Michael J ^a   Tyrrell, Shane ^b   Riley, Teal R ^a   Whitehouse, Martin J ^c   Mulvaney, Robert ^a   Leat, Phillip T ^a   Marschall, Horst R ^d  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; K feldspar; Pb isotope; Sedimentary provenance; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGINS; ANTARCTICA; ARCHAEAN; DETRITAL ZIRCON; EAST ANTARCTICA; FORELAND BASIN; ICE SHEET; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; K FELDSPAR; PB ISOTOPE; PB ISOTOPES; PERMIAN; POTENTIAL SOURCE REGIONS; SANDSTONE SAMPLES; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SEDIMENTARY PROVENANCE; SINGLE CYCLE; WEDDELL SEA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; FELDSPAR; GALLIUM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; RECYCLING; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; ZIRCON;

LEAD;

ACTIVE MARGIN; BEDROCK; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; FELDSPAR; FORELAND BASIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ICE SHEET; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; ZIRCON;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; QUEEN MAUD LAND; SOUTHERN OCEAN; THERON MOUNTAINS; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS; WEDDELL SEA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84855342300     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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