Sedimentary Processes, Environments and
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Nichols, Gary; Williams, Ed; Paola, Chris
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Article
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2007
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
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English
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When classic petrographic analysis of the modal composition of sandstones yields no distinction between different source regions, 40 Ar/ 39 Ar dating of detrital white mica can provide vital information on the age of a source area and thus link the sediments to a specific provenance in the hinterlan