Increasing influence of exotic terranes as sources of shales from the Sevier and Taconic Foreland basins : Evidence from Nd isotopes
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· Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States)
OSTI ID:7059934
- Syracuse Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Earth Sciences
The influence of outboard tectonostratigraphic terranes as a source of sediment to Ordovician foreland basins is unknown. To determine if there were changes in provenance, or changes in the importance of a given source region, the authors have analyzed shales from two foreland basins, the Tactonic Foreland basin of central New York and the Sevier Foreland basin of Tennessee, for their Nd isotopic compositions. Shales from the Taconic basin include those from the lower portion of Utica shale, Corynoides americanus graptolite Zone, and the uppermost portion of the Utica shale, including the Geniculograptus pygmaeus graptolite Zone. Initial [epsilon][sub Nd] values for the oldest Taconic basin shales are [minus]12. Initial [epsilon][sub Nd] values for the younger Taconic basin shales range from [minus]9.7 to [minus]8.4. This increase in [epsilon][sub Nd] may reflect an increased influence of terranes outboard of the Laurentian margin. Samples from the Sevier basin include those from the Blockhouse and Tellico Formations. A sample of the lower Blockhouse Fm. has an initial [epsilon][sub Nd] of [minus]9.4, while mid-formation levels have [epsilon][sub Nd] = [minus]8.8. Initial [epsilon][sub Nd] ranges from [minus]8.0 to [minus]7.2 from Tellico Formation shales. Thus a trend towards increasing [epsilon][sub Nd] with decreasing age is also seen in the Sevier basin. This again suggests the possibility of an increasing influence from nearby terranes. The fact that the [epsilon][sub Nd] values are higher in the Sevier basin than in the Taconic basin indicates that the Sevier shales received detritus with a less evolved isotopic composition. This may reflect fundamentally different sources, such as a more juvenile terrane as an important source of Sevier basin shales.
- OSTI ID:
- 7059934
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9404221--
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States) Journal Volume: 26:4
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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