Indo‐Antarctic derived detritus on the northern margin of Gondwana: evidence for continental‐scale sediment transport

• Published in: Terra Nova
• Main Authors: Rösel, Delia, Boger, Steven David, Möller, Andreas, Gaitzsch, Birgit, Barth, Matthias, Oalmann, Jeffrey, Zack, Thomas
• Other Authors: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2013
• Subjects: Antarctic; Rayner; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ter.12070; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fter.12070; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ter.12070

Abstract Provenance studies from Cambro‐Ordovician sediments of the North Gondwana passive margin typically ascribe a North African source, a conclusion that cannot be reconciled with all observations. We present new U‐Pb ages from detrital rutile and zircon from Late Ordovician sediments from Saxo‐...