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Dense mineral distribution in the northwestern Arabian Sea: insights into sediment provenance and paleoclimate
The dense minerals (often called heavy minerals, density of more than 2.89 g/cm 3 ) of northwestern Arabian Sea are studied to understand their...
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Geochemistry of Stream Sediments from Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt, India: Implications on Sediment Type, Maturity, Source-area Weathering and Provenance
During their flow through an area, the streams are used to erode, transport and re-deposit sediments in the number of cycles following the climatic...
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Clay mineral compositions in the surface sediment of the Chanthaburi coast (northeastern Gulf of Thailand) and their implications on sediment provenance
Clay mineral composition represents an important tracer of sediment source area, migration processes, and paleoclimatic conditions. Clay mineral...
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Compositional characteristics of sediment from Jiaozhou Bay in North China and the implication to the provenance
Rare earth elements (REEs) can be used to trace source materials and identify their provenances, because of significant conservation and immobility...
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Implications of heavy mineral assemblage to sediment recycling, rare earth element budget and provenance of Kaimur sandstones, Vindhyan Supergroup, Son Valley
AbstractThe heavy mineral assemblage (HMA) of sandstones belonging to Mesoproterozoic Kaimur Group in the eastern Son valley, Central India, was...
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The transition from Palaeo-Asian to marginal Pacific tectonic domain experienced in the Eastern North China Craton: evidence from Late Jurassic sediment provenance in the North Yellow Sea Basin
The North Yellow Sea Basin is located in an important position in the Eastern North China Craton, the sedimentary process of basin has obvious...
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Sediment provenance inferred by U-Pb ages of zircon grains in the Puerto Chiapas beach, Mexican Pacific
This study comprises a comprehensive integrated provenance study based on the chemistry and U-Pb ages of zircon grains collected from the Puerto...
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Geochemical and Sedimentological Signatures of Ariyankuppam and Chunnambar Estuarine Sediments, Pondicherry, India: Implications on Weathering and Provenance
Thirty surface sediment samples collected from Ariyankuppam (N =12) and Chunnambar estuaries (N = 18) located along the coast of Pondicherry, India,...
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Sediment provenance and facies characteristics of the Lower Cretaceous Qingshuihe Formation in the hinterland of Junggar Basin (NW China) and its exploration implications
The Moxizhuang-Yong** area is structurally located in the hinterland of Junggar Basin, with Lower Cretaceous Qingshuihe Formation being a...
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Geochemistry of recent sediments of the Kurheri basin, Son River, Madhya Pradesh, Central India: implications for source area weathering, sediment provenance, maturity, and sorting
The geochemical signatures of recent stream sediments in the study area revealed an old recycled sedimentary source and weak to moderate chemical...
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Multiple grain-size fraction analysis of heavy minerals and the provenance identification of sediments from the abandoned Huanghe River, eastern China
The quantitative analysis of sediment sources in a sink is an important scientific topic and challenge in provenance research. The characteristics of...
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Controls on sediment provenance in the Baghmati river catchment, Central Himalaya, India
Rapidly uplifting Himalaya contributes a huge sediment load that governs the morphological characteristics of the rivers draining it and the flood...
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The Cretaceous of the Cameroon Atlantic Basin (Central Africa): sediment provenance, correlation, paleoenvironment and paleogeographic evolution of the Eastern Proto-Atlantic margin (Central Gondwana)
An integration of geochemistry, mineralogical and palynological data is used to depict the sediment provenance and distribution, the sedimentary...
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Provenance of sediments in the northern Manila Trench: An assessment from detrital zircon geochronology
Manila Trench is a critical region for revealing the tectonic evolution and source-to-sink process of the South China Sea, but the sediment...
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Provenance Analysis of Eolian Loess in the Southern Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from U–Pb Ages of Detrital Zircons
AbstractZircon samples of loess detritus were taken from Qugang loess profile in Maizhokunggar area, southern Tibetan Plateau. Based on the...
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Depositional facies and palynofacies provenance reconstruction of the Danian Nsukka Formation, Southeastern Nigeria
A combined detailed palynofacies and lithofacies analysis was carried out on the Nsukka Formation outcrop** Danian (Palaeocene) lithostratigraphic...
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Provenance of colorless and brown volcanic glass in late Pleistocene tephra layers in the Western Philippine Sea
Tephra layers in the western Philippine Sea, characterized by abundant volcanic glass shards, may provide crucial evidence on the eruption history of...
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Provenance Evolution and Its Response to Sea Level Change in the South Yellow Sea since 1.0 Ma
AbstractThe sediments provenance of the South Yellow Sea is controlled by many factors such as sea level change, ocean circulation, and neotectonic...
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Early Triassic Legoupil Formation in Schmidt Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula: Provenance and Depositional Settings
Geochemical compositions can be used to determine the tectonic setting of sedimentary basins, while where the link of source to sink is no longer...
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Geochemistry of Hindoli Group Metasediments, SE Aravalli Craton, NW India: Implications on Provenance Characteristics and Tectonic Setting
The NE-SW trending Jahazpur Belt in NW India has been considered correlative with the Aravalli Fold Belt, based on lithological similarities and...