Provenance of the Sardona Flysch, eastern Swiss Alps: example of high-resolution heavy mineral analysis applied to an ultrastable assemblage

1996 ◽  
Vol 105 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 141-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanne C Lihou ◽  
Maria A Mange-Rajetzky
2014 ◽  
Vol 1073-1076 ◽  
pp. 2327-2330
Author(s):  
Xun Tao Yu ◽  
Yun Feng Zhang

According to the high resolution sequence stratigraphy’s theory[1] and the information of rock-mineral analysis, geophysics data, biological stratigraphy and geochemistry, this paper made a systematical and in-depth research on sequence boundary identification marks of Gaotaizi reservoir of Qijia area in songliao basin. We use core identification, logging curve, paleontology, heavy mineral analysis and seismic prospecting data to explain how to find the sequence boundary. And there are two types of boundary were recognised on G3,G4 oil layer group of Qijia area, which are used to be the basis to make G3,G4 into 5 parts, one is the transition surface of deltaic plain and shallow lake, the other is the top of ascending order of delta front.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Jasper Verhaegen ◽  
Hilmar von Eynatten ◽  
István Dunkl ◽  
Gert Jan Weltje

Abstract Heavy mineral analysis is a long-standing and valuable tool for sedimentary provenance analysis. Many studies have indicated that heavy mineral data can also be significantly affected by hydraulic sorting, weathering and reworking or recycling, leading to incomplete or erroneous provenance interpretations if they are used in isolation. By combining zircon U–Pb geochronology with heavy mineral data for the southern North Sea Basin, this study shows that the classic model of sediment mixing between a northern and a southern source throughout the Neogene is more complex. In contrast to the strongly variable heavy mineral composition, the zircon U–Pb age spectra are mostly constant for the studied samples. This provides a strong indication that most zircons had an initial similar northern source, yet the sediment has undergone intense chemical weathering on top of the Brabant Massif and Ardennes in the south. This weathered sediment was later recycled into the southern North Sea Basin through local rivers and the Meuse, leading to a weathered southern heavy mineral signature and a fresh northern heavy mineral signature, yet exhibiting a constant zircon U–Pb age signature. Thus, this study highlights the necessity of combining multiple provenance proxies to correctly account for weathering, reworking and recycling.


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