Detrital zircon age constraints on the provenance of sandstones on Hatton Bank and Edoras Bank, NE Atlantic

Morton, Andrew C.; Hitchen, Ken; Fanning, C. Mark; Yaxley, Greg M.; Johnson, Howard; Ritchie, Derek. 2009 Detrital zircon age constraints on the provenance of sandstones on Hatton Bank and Edoras Bank, NE Atlantic. Journal of the Geological Society, 166 (1). 137-146. https://doi.org/10.1144/0016-76492007-179

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Abstract/Summary

U-Pb dating of detrital zircons shows that the provenance of Cretaceous-Palaeogene sandstones on Hatton and Edoras banks (SW Rockall Plateau) comprises magmatic rocks dated at c. 1800 Ma and c. 1750 Ma respectively. Their depositional setting, first-cycle mineralogy and unimodal nature detrital zircon populations suggest these sandstones are of local origin. The zircon age data are therefore considered to provide constraints on these poorly-understood areas of the Rockall Plateau. The U-Pb dates are directly comparable with U-Pb zircon crystallisation ages from granitoid rocks reported from the Ketilidian Belt of southern Greenland and from the Rhinns Complex of western Britain. Hf isotopic data from the Edoras Bank sample are consistent with derivation from a juvenile Palaeoproterozoic block. In conjunction with previously reported Sm-Nd TDM model ages from the Ketilidian Belt, Rockall Bank and the Rhinns Complex, these data extend the known distribution of a large juvenile Palaeoproterozoic terrane spanning the southern NE Atlantic. By contrast, Hf isotopic data from the Hatton Bank sample imply a large contribution from Archaean crust. The zircon population from Edoras Bank also contains sparse Mesoproterozoic grains, providing evidence for the presence of volumetrically minor Grenville-age intrusions in the southern part of the Rockall Plateau.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1144/0016-76492007-179
Programmes:	BGS Programmes 2008 > Geology and Landscape Scotland
ISSN:	0016-7649
Additional Keywords:	Hatton Bank, Sandstones, Zircons, Atlantic Ocean - Northeast
NORA Subject Terms:	Earth Sciences
Date made live:	19 Jan 2009 13:21 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/5716

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1144/0016-76492007-179

Programmes:

BGS Programmes 2008 > Geology and Landscape Scotland

ISSN:

0016-7649

Additional Keywords:

Hatton Bank, Sandstones, Zircons, Atlantic Ocean - Northeast

NORA Subject Terms:

Earth Sciences