Provenance of the sedimentary Rakaia sub-terrane, Torlesse Terrane, South Island, New Zealand: the use of igneous clast compositions to define the source

• Published in: Sedimentary Geology
• Main Authors: Wandres, Anekant, Bradshaw, John D, Weaver, Steve, Maas, Roland, Ireland, Trevor, Eby, Nelson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2015
• Subjects: Keywords: accretionary prism; conglomerate; Gondwana; igneous rock; Permian; provenance; sandstone; submarine fan; Triassic; Australasia; New Zealand; South Island Gondwana margin; Igneous clasts; Isotope chemistry; Rakaia sub-terrane; Sandstone provenance; Torlesse terrane; Zircon geochronology; Antarctic; Byrd; Marie Byrd Land; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/86328; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2004.03.003

The Permian to Late Triassic Rakaia sub-terrane-part of the Torlesse superterrane of the New Zealand Eastern Province-is an accretionary complex that comprises an enormous volume of quartzofeldspathic sandstones and mudstones with subsidiary conglomerates plus minor oceanic assemblages. The field of...