Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2003/00173
Chronology of deposition and provenance of Late Palaeozoic sedimentary basins, Argentine Patagonia.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr RJ Pankhurst, British Geological Survey, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor RR Parrish, University of Portsmouth, Sch of the Env, Geography & Geosciences
- Grant held at:
- British Geological Survey, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory
- Science Area:
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Volcanic Processes
- Tectonic Processes
- Sediment/Sedimentary Processes
- Palaeoenvironments
- Abstract:
- The aim is to determine the ages and sources of detrital zircons in Palaeozoic sedimentary rocks laid down during the rifting and subsequent accretionary events responsible for the formation of Patagonia and its incorporation into the proto-Pacific margin of Gondwana. To this end we will use well-tried and accurate sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP) techniques, together with ancillary geochemical and laser-ICPMS Hf isotope analyses. The results will place constraints on the timing of deposition at each stage (the rocks are generally sparsely fossiliferous, and doubt surrounds the initiation of sedimentation). They should also reveal the ages and source regions of provenance, crucial to unravelling the tectonic history of this region, including the extent to which Patagonia was formed through the collision-accretion of exotic terranes.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2003/00173
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £18,684
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs |
|---|---|
| £6,747 | £11,937 |
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