Heavy mineral constraints on Paleocene sand transport routes in the Faroe-Shetland Basin

• Main Authors: Morton, A. C., Ellis, D., Fanning, M., Jolley, D. W., Whittham, A.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: 02 - Geodynamics; Geophysics and Tectonics; Blosseville Kyst; Faroe Islands; Greenland; Kangerlussuaq; Wyville Thomson Ridge; Wyville-Thomson Ridge; Blosseville kyst; East Greenland
• Online Access: http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/1320/

An integrated sandstone provenance study involving heavy mineral analysis, major element geochemistry of garnet, trace element geochemistry of rutile, detrital zircon age dating and palynofloral analysis has been undertaken on Paleocene (T10-T38) sandstones in hydrocarbon exploration wells in the Fa...