Index Aachen Formation 82 argon isotope studies see 4~ Aberystwyth Grits Formation 216, 217, 218, 221,222 argon laser probe 5 abrasion, role in mineral suite 31 Argyll Embayment active margin chemical signature 184, 222-4 chemical studies 258-60 Akelamo Formation 294, 298 geological setting 251 Alabama mineral provenance studies 42 mineralogy studies 253-8 albitization 129 palynomorph studies 260 Allt Goch Formation 216, 218, 221,222 provenance interpretation 260-1 alluvial basin analysis 8 Arkansas mineral provenance studies 42 alluvial fan studies arkose alteration studies 129 area prediction 203 Armorica as sediment source 17, 87-8, 281,282 Tajo Basin Ashdown Sandstone 72-3 provenance analysis 267-70 augite in provenance studies 329, 332 sandstone petrography 264-7 Australia Alnipollenites versus 86 pyroxene provenance studies 34 Alps zircon fission track studies 69-71 fission track analysis 73-4 microfossil studies 81 amphiboles in provenance studies 4, 34-6 Antarctic Peninsula 236, 239 Apennines 128, 130 Baculatisporites comaumensis 86 Barr6me Basin 329, 330, 332 Barbados fission track study 71-2 Indonesia 296-7, 298 Bargate Beds 275 Tonga 307, 308, 314-15 barite in provenance studies 130 andalusite in provenance studies 130, 331 Barr6me Basin Anglo-Brabant Massif as sediment source 282, 284, geological setting 323-4 285, 287 lithostratigraphy 326-33 Antarctic Peninsula Volcanic Group 235 provenance studies 333-9 Antarctic Shelf provenance studies 4 structure 324-6 microfossil evidence 80-1 Belgium provenance studies microfossil study 81-2 petrography 235-41 sediment source study 39, 40 sediment source 241-7 Bengal fan study 36 tectonic setting 231-5 Bergell granite fission track study 73-4 apatite in provenance studies 4, 43, 68 biotite in provenance studies Alps 73-4 Antarctic shelf 236, 239 Barr~me Basin 327, 329, 331 Barr6me Basin 329 Pennines 141, 142 Wales 217 Rockall 72 Wealden Basin 18 Wales 102 3, 104 Bismantova Formation 24 Wealden Basin 17 Blue Tier batholith 70-1 Apenines turbidite arenite studies Boreal Sea sediments 19 diagenesis 130-4 Boulder Batholith 56 geological setting 125-7 Bozeman Group 56 grain properties 24, 26, 27 breccias in provenance studies 3 petrography 127 8 Brent Group 36 texture 128-30 bricks see ceramics Applecross Formation 14 Bridport Sands 39 4~ dating Brittany and sediment source studies Applecross Formation 14 Bridport Sands 39 Archaean basement 16 Wealden Series 17 Hornelen Group 348, 350 Bronze Age ceramics studies Wealden Series 17, 18, 19 archaeological model 192-3 Araucariacites australis 84 chronology 195 ~,rchaeology fabric studies 195 use of chemical analysis 191-2 geological setting 193 use of heavy minerals 34 petrography 193-4 use of mineralogy and petrology 190-1 brookite in provenance studies 128 ~Lrenite analyses, factors affecting 23-6 Broom Formation 38 see also sandstone also turbidite arenite Buli Group 293, 294 361 362 INDEX Calcaires Nummulitiques clast analysis in provenance studies 3, 199 lithostratigraphy 327 9, 334, 335 Derryveeny study 203-7 provenance studies 333, 336 Gramscatho Basin 179 calcite cement 235 Hornelen Basin study Callialasporites dampieri 84 method 347 8 Canada provenance inferences 356-8 microfossil studies 81 sampling 354 tourmaline studies 16 stratigraphy 352-3, 354-6 carbonate cement 235 S England/N France Mesozoic carbonate grains in provenance studies 24, 25 descriptions 274 80 Carboniferous studies sources 280 7 Pennines Welsh Basin study 220 isotope analyses 146-56 Claxby Ironstone 275, 281,282 palaeocurrent analyses 144-6 clay minerals in provenance studies pebble studies 138-9 Antarctic shelf 240-1 sandstone studies 139-42 Appenines 132-3, 134 source area interpretations 142-4, 15(~7 Central Graben 255-- Carstone 275, 279, 281,284-5 clay pipes see ceramics cathodoluminescence 254-5 climatic factors in sediment dispersal 2, 8, 91-3 Cedar Mountain Formation 73 Deep River Basin studies 93-7 Cefn Cwrt Formation 216, 221 Coarse Quartz Grit 18, 278, 279 Ceibwr Formation 216 Colorado mineral provenance studies 3, 199 cement studies 235 Compaction studies 130-2 Central Graben (North Sea) Conglomerate analysis in provenance studies 3, 199 geochemical studies 258-60 Derryveeny study 203-7 geological setting 251 Gramscatho Basin 179 mineral studies 253-8 Hornelen Basin study palynomorph studies 260 method 347-8 provenance analyses 260-1 provenance inferences 356-8 Central System (Spain) sampling 354 geological setting 47 8 stratigraphy 352 3, 354-6 quartz grain analyses S England/N France method 48-9 descriptions 274-80 results 49 52 sources 280-7 role in provenance studies 268 Welsh Basin study 220 ceramics analyses Connemara case study Caledonian setting 199-200 archaeological model 192-3 clast distribution 203-7 chronology 195 isotope analyses 209, 210 fabric studies 195 Ordovician history discussed 209-12 geological setting 193 palaeocurrent studies 202 3 petrography 193-4 provenance inferences 207-9 use of geochemistry 191-2 stratigraphy 201-2 use of mineralogy 34, 190-1 Contignisporites spp. 86 Cerebropollenites mesozoicus 86 continental island arc chemical signature 184, 222-4 Cervarola Formation Converrucosisporites rariverrucatus 84 diagenesis 130-4 Corallian Group 275, 281 geological setting 125-7 Cornubia as sediment source petrography 127-8 Gramscatho Basin 181, 182 textural studies 128-30 recent offshore sediments 41-2 Chasmatosporites magnoliodes 86 SE England Mesozoic sediments 17-18, 87-8, Chatham Group 282-4 stratigraphy 93-5 Corsewell Formation 163, 164 weathering/diagenesis studies 95-7 Cotentin High 17, 285 chemical index of alteration 177 Crassosphaera sp. 84 chemical signatures 183-5, 222-4 Cretaceous studies chert in provenance studies 277, 280 Antarctic shelf Chile Trench sediments 3-4 petrography 235-41 chlorite in provenance studies sediment source 241-7 Antarctic shelf 235, 240 tectonic setting 231-5 Apennines 133, 134 Belgium 82-3 chloritoid in provenance studies 39 Canada 81 chromite in provenance studies 38, 40 S England 15-19, 72-3, 74-6, 87-8, 286-7 Classopolis spp. 86 Utah 73 INDEX 363 Cribroperidinium longicorne 88 petrography 193-4 Cross Valley Formation 234, 245 England crustal evolution and provenance studies 7-8 Gramscatho Basin Cumnock Formation 94 geological setting 174, 175 Cycadopites 86 greywacke geochemistry 177-9 greywacke petrography 175-7 Dalradian provenance studies source rocks 179-83 distribution in Ireland 199-201 tectonic environment 183-5 heavy mineral analyses 36 Jurassic/Cretaceous sediment studies source rocks for Ordovician 6, 207-8 clast analyses 274-80 dating methods see fission track also isotope source analyses 280-7 Deep River Basin stratigraphy 275 geological setting 93-5 Pennines weathering/diagenesis studies 95-7 isotope analyses 146-56 Densoisporites velatus 84 palaeocurrent analyses 144-6 Derryveeny Formation pebble studies 138-9 clast studies 203-7 sandstone studies 139-42 isotope analyses 209, 210 source area interpretations 142-4, 156-7 Ordovician history analysed 209-12 Wealden Basin 17, 87 8, 285-7 palaeocurrent analyses 202-3 Eocene see Tertiary sandstone studies 207 epidote in provenance studies 36 source analyses 207-9 Apennines 128, 130 stratigraphy 201-2 Barrame Basin 327, 332 detrital mineral analyses see feldspar; heavy minerals; Wales 217 opaque minerals; quartz epimatrix 129 Devonian studies Etive Formation 8 Australia 71 Eucommiidites troedssonii 86 Canada 81 Exesipollenites sp. 86 Hornelen Basin basement metamorphism 348-54 basement petrology 345 6 feldspar in provenance studies clast analyses 347-8 Antarctic shelf 238 clast sampling 354 Central Graben 253-4 clast stratigraphy 352-3, 354-6 Deep River Basin 96 geological history 6 7 Indonesia 296-7 geological setting 343-4 Pennines 139, 141 provenance inferences 356-8 Tonga 307, 308-11 diagenesis in provenance studies 2 Welsh Basin 217 case studies see also plagioclase Apennines turbidites 130-4 Fell Sandstone 138, 144, 148 Deep River Basin 96-7 Ferruginous Sands 275 Welsh Basin turbidites 114-20 fission track dating 4 effect on mineralogy 31, 92-3 case studies Dichadogonyaulax pannea 88 Alps 73-4 dinoflagellates Australia 69-71 effect of reworking 79-80 Barbados 71-2 use of reworking 80-8 English Wealden 72-3 dispersal methods for sediments 2 Mexico 73 dravite in provenance studies 41, 42 Rockall 72 Dufuk Formation 294, 296, 298, 300 Utah 73 Duplexisporites problematicus 86 methods 67-8 flow pattern see palaeocurrent indicators Earls Crag Grit 140, 148 Folkestone Beds 275 East Midlands Shelf 287 Fountain Formation 92 Ebro Basin 8 framework composition studies Eikefjord Group 345 Apennines 129 elbaite in provenance studies 41 Deep River Basin 91-2, 93, 94, 97 Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics 56 France Endoscrinium luridum 88 Barr6me Basin Eneolithic ceramics analyses geological setting 323-4 archaeological model 192-3 lithostratigraphy 326-33 chronology 195 provenance studies 333-9 fabric studies 195 structure 324-6 geological setting 193 heavy mineral studies 31, 34 364 INDEX Jurassic/Cretaceous sediment studies greywacke analyses clast analyses 274-80 Rhenohercynian zone source interpretations 285 geochemistry 177-9 Fraxinoipollenites variabilis 86 geological setting 175 petrography 175-7 source rocks 179-83 Gaerglwyd Formation 216, 22 l tectonic environment 183-5 gahnite in provenance studies 38, 39 Southern Uplands Galdenoch Formation 161 geological setting 161-3 isotope studies 168-71 isotope studies 167-8 palaeocurrent studies 165, 166 mineralogy 33 garnet in provenance studies palaeocurrent analyses 163-7