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Mineralogical and Geochemical Approaches to Provenance

GSA Special Papers

Mineralogical and Geochemical Approaches to Provenance

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Geological Society of America

Volume

487

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE487

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© 2012 Geological Society of America

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ISBN print:

9780813724874

Publication date:

May 01, 2012

Book Chapter

The importance of an integrated approach to provenance studies: A case study from the Paleocene of the Faroe-Shetland Basin, NE Atlantic

Author(s)

Andrew Morton

HM Research Associates, 2 Clive Road, Balsall Common, West Midlands CV7 7DW, UK, and CASP, University of Cambridge, 181a Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DH, UK

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David Ellis

Statoil (UK) Ltd, 1 Kingdom Street, London W2 6BD, UK

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Mark Fanning

Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia

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David Jolley

Department of Geology and Petroleum Geology, University of Aberdeen, Kings College, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK

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Andrew Whitham

CASP, University of Cambridge, 181a Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DH, UK

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Doi:

https://doi.org/10.1130/2012.2487(01)

Published:

May 01, 2012

Four different sand types (termed FSP1, FSP2, FSP3, and FSP4) have been recognized in the Paleocene succession of the Faroe-Shetland Basin, NE Atlantic, on the basis of conventional heavy mineral analysis, major element geochemistry of garnet, trace element geochemistry of rutile, U-Pb dating of detrital zircon, and palynofloral analysis. Sand types FSP1, FSP2, and FSP4 were all sourced from the eastern margin of the basin, whereas FSP3 was supplied from the west. No single technique discriminates all four sand types. Conventional heavy mineral analysis discriminates FSP3 from the other three sand types but does not discriminate FSP1, FSP2, and FSP4....

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