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Hurford, A. J., Fitch, F. J., Clarke, A. (1984) Resolution of the age structure of the detrital zircon populations of two Lower Cretaceous sandstones from the Weald of England by fission track dating. Geological Magazine, 121 (4) 269-277 doi:10.1017/s0016756800029162

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TitleResolution of the age structure of the detrital zircon populations of two Lower Cretaceous sandstones from the Weald of England by fission track dating
JournalGeological Magazine
AuthorsHurford, A. J.Author
Fitch, F. J.Author
Clarke, A.Author
Year1984 (July)Volume121
Issue4
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP)
DOIdoi:10.1017/s0016756800029162Search in ResearchGate
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Full ReferenceHurford, A. J., Fitch, F. J., Clarke, A. (1984) Resolution of the age structure of the detrital zircon populations of two Lower Cretaceous sandstones from the Weald of England by fission track dating. Geological Magazine, 121 (4) 269-277 doi:10.1017/s0016756800029162
Plain TextHurford, A. J., Fitch, F. J., Clarke, A. (1984) Resolution of the age structure of the detrital zircon populations of two Lower Cretaceous sandstones from the Weald of England by fission track dating. Geological Magazine, 121 (4) 269-277 doi:10.1017/s0016756800029162
In(1984, July) Geological Magazine Vol. 121 (4) Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Abstract/NotesAbstractModes in the frequency of distribution of fission track ages obtained from detrital zircon grains may prove characteristic of individual sandstone bodies, supporting the identification of the sources from which a particular flow of sedimentary detritus was derived and thus allowing new inferences to be made concerning palaeogeography. A computer program has been written and used to identify modes in the zircon fission track age distribution within two Lower Cretaceous sandstone samples from the Weald of southern England. Pronounced modes appear in one rock around 119 Ma, 160 Ma, 243 Ma and 309 Ma and in the other around 141 Ma, 175 Ma, 257 to 277 Ma and 394 to 453 Ma. The geological implications of these quite dissimilar zircon age spectra are discussed. It is concluded that they support the palaeogeographical models of Allen (1981) and indicate that the provenance of the first sample, from the Top Ashdown Sandstone member at Dallington in East Sussex, was almost entirely southerly, while that of the second, from the Netherside Sand member at Northchapel in West Sussex, was more varied, but predominantly westerly and northerly.


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