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Phytoclasts as provenance indicators in the Belgian septaria clay of Boom (Rupelian age)
Author(s) -
VANDENBERGHE NOËL
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
sedimentology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.494
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1365-3091
pISSN - 0037-0746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1976.tb00044.x
Subject(s) - provenance , geology , outcrop , carboniferous , sediment , source rock , geochemistry , boom , coal measures , paleontology , oceanography , structural basin
Phytoclasts and coal particles, present in small quantities in a clay sediment, can be used as source rock indicators. The measurement of their reflectivities revealed characteristic low values typical for British Carboniferous coals, outcropping in Northern England, which may be a source area of the sediment. This technique may be a valuable complementary method to traditional mineralogical provenance studies.