Orogenesis and Basin Development: U‐Pb Detrital Zircon Age Constraints on Evolution of the Late Paleozoic St. Marys Basin, Central Mainland Nova Scotia

2000 ◽  
Vol 108 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Brendan Murphy ◽  
Michael A. Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Detrital Zircon ◽  
Late Paleozoic ◽  
Zircon Age ◽  
Basin Development ◽  
Age Constraints

scholarly journals Detrital zircon age constraints on basement history on the margins of the northern Rockall Basin

2014 ◽  
Vol 397 (1) ◽  
pp. 209-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Morton ◽  
Dirk Frei ◽  
Martyn Stoker ◽  
David Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Detrital Zircon ◽  
Zircon Age ◽  
Age Constraints

Detrital zircon age constraints for the Winton Formation, Queensland: Contextualizing Australia's Late Cretaceous dinosaur faunas

2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 767-779 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan T. Tucker ◽  
Eric M. Roberts ◽  
Yi Hu ◽  
Anthony I.S. Kemp ◽  
Steven W. Salisbury
Keyword(s):  
Late Cretaceous ◽  
Detrital Zircon ◽  
Zircon Age ◽  
Age Constraints

Detrital zircon U–Pb dating of Late Triassic Wenbinshan Formation in southwestern Fujian, South China, and its geological significance

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (8) ◽  
pp. 980-996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhongjie Xu ◽  
Yizhi Lan ◽  
Jintao Kong ◽  
Rihui Cheng ◽  
Liaoliang Wang
Keyword(s):  
South China ◽  
Detrital Zircon ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
Late Triassic ◽  
Late Paleozoic ◽  
Age Composition ◽  
Zircon Age ◽  
Early Mesozoic ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Southwestern Fujian

Based on research of the petrology, geochemistry, and zircon U–Pb dating of detrital rocks in the Late Triassic Wenbinshan Formation in southwestern Fujian, and comparing the detrital zircon ages of Wenbinshan Formation with those of Late Paleozoic – Early Mesozoic main basins in South China, the sedimentary provenance of the Late Triassic in southwestern Fujian and its implications for changes in basin properties are discussed. The research results demonstrate that there is a major age peak at 222 Ma, two subordinate age peaks at 275 Ma and 1851 Ma, and two minor age peaks at 413 Ma and 2447 Ma in the detrital zircon age spectra of the upper samples (YGP–6) of the Wenbinshan Formation, whereas there are two major age peaks at 229 Ma and 1817 Ma and other minor age peaks 265 Ma 309 Ma, 415 Ma, 1968 Ma, and 2435 Ma in the detrital zircon age spectra of the lower samples (YGP–26) of the Wenbinshan Formation. The upper samples contain fewer old detrital zircons than the lower samples, but the upper and lower samples of Wenbinshan Formation are similar in major age composition, which indicates the main provenances of the upper and lower sediments are very similar. The source rocks are mainly sedimentary rocks and their provenances are derived from a source area of recycled orogenic belt and volcanic arc orogenic belt (acidic island arc). The detrital zircon composition of the Wenbinshan Formation is mainly composed of Paleoproterozoic zircon and Late Paleozoic – Early Mesozoic zircon. In the Paleoproterozoic, sedimentary provenances were mainly derived from the Wuyi Massif and partly from northwestern Fujian-southwestern Zhejiang. As for the period of Late Paleozoic – Early Mesozoic, the provenances of the Wenbinshan Formation were derived from magmatic active belts of the Early Indosinian Epoch of northern South China, eastern South China, and the Indosinian Period of northern South China and coastal areas of eastern South China. The similarities and differences between detrital zircon age peaks of the Wenbinshan Formation in southwestern Fujian and that of the main basins in South China during the period of Late Paleozoic – Early Mesozoic indicate that from eastern coastal areas of South China to the north and interior of South China, the age composition of basin sediments has changed from simple to relatively complex, and from young sediments to older sediments. There are similarities and differences in the detrital zircon compositions of the different basins, which can indicate differences in the nature of the basins.

scholarly journals Detrital zircon age constraints on the provenance of sandstones on Hatton Bank and Edoras Bank, NE Atlantic

2009 ◽  
Vol 166 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew C. Morton ◽  
Kenneth Hitchen ◽  
C. Mark Fanning ◽  
Greg Yaxley ◽  
Howard Johnson ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Detrital Zircon ◽  
Ne Atlantic ◽  
Zircon Age ◽  
Age Constraints

scholarly journals Zircon age constraints on the provenance of Llandovery to Wenlock sandstones from the Midland Valley terrane of the Scottish Caledonides

2009 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. R. Phillips ◽  
R. A. Smith ◽  
P. Stone ◽  
V. Pashley ◽  
M. Horstwood
Keyword(s):  
Detrital Zircon ◽  
Sedimentary Rocks ◽  
Sedimentary Facies ◽  
Volcanic Arc ◽  
Zircon Age ◽  
Early Devonian ◽  
Southern Side ◽  
Lower Palaeozoic ◽  
Metamorphic Terrane ◽  
Age Constraints

SynopsisDetrital zircon populations within the Llandovery to Wenlock sandstones of the southern Midland Valley of Scotland indicate that the recycled orogenic provenance for these sedimentary rocks was essentially bimodal, comprising a younger Lower Palaeozoic component and an older predominantly Mesoproterozoic component. The Lower Palaeozoic contribution is dominated by Arenig/Llanvirn (c. 475 Ma) zircons interpreted as having been derived from a volcanic-plutonic source located within the Midland Valley terrane. The dominant Mesoproterozoic component within the sandstones is c. 1000 Ma and is thought to represent detritus shed from a Grenvillian (c. 1000–1800Ma) basement to the Midland Valley terrane. The scarcity of Archaean zircons precludes the Grampian metamorphic terrane Dalradian Supergroup as a supplier of sediment to the Ordovician–Silurian basins located along the southern margin of the Midland Valley. The age profiles of detrital zircon populations do not fit with a simple model of unroofing of a volcanic-arc complex. Rather they point to the periodic uplift of fault-bound, dismembered blocks of volcanic and plutonic rocks during a prolonged (Llandovery through to at least early Devonian) period of sinistral strike-slip deformation, and it was this which controlled basin development, sedimentary facies distribution and deformation along the southern side of the Midland Valley terrane.Appendices 1 & 2 can be found at http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/SUP18370

scholarly journals Detrital zircon age and provenance constraints on late Paleozoic ice-sheet growth and dynamics in Western and Central Australia

2018 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. Martin ◽  
J. Redfern ◽  
M. S. A. Horstwood ◽  
A. J. Mory ◽  
B. P. J. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Detrital Zircon ◽  
Ice Sheet ◽  
Late Paleozoic ◽  
Zircon Age ◽  
Central Australia
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