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Provenance - based on the presence of ilmenite and its mineral chemistry

Allouc, J., Samama, J.C., and Fauvel, P.J. (1999) Iron-titanium rich grains occurring along the coastline of Senegal - Characterization and a study of their origins. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 28(3), 553-580.

Angusamy, N., Loveson, V.J., and Rajamanickam, G.V. (2004) Zircon and ilmenite from the beach placers of southern coast of Tamil Nadu, east coast of India. Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, 33(2), 138-149.

Asiedu, D.K., Suzuki, S., and Shibata, T. (2000) Provenance of sandstones from the Wakino Subgroup of the Lower Cretaceous Kanmon Group, northern Kyushu, Japan. Island Arc, 9(1), 128-144.

Babu, D.S.S., and Das, P.N.M. (1999) Mineralo-chemical assessment of ilmenites from the three Indian placers. Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 52(2-3), 73-79.

Bhattacharyya, S., and Sengupta, R. (1994) Surface Microtextures of Heavy Minerals from the Bay-of-Bengal Off Gopalpur, Orissa. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 44(2), 175-184.

Bhattacharyya, S., Sengupta, R., and Chakraborty, M. (1997) Elemental chemistry of ilmenite - an indicator of provenance? Journal of the Geological Society of India, 50(6), 787-789.

-. (1998) 'Elemental chemistry of ilmenite - An indicator of provenance?' by Samit Bhattacharyya, Ranadhir Sengupta and Manas Chakraborty, (1997), Jour. Geol. Sec. India, v.50, pp.787-789. reply. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 51(4), 566-567.

Darby, D.A. (1984) Trace-Elements in Ilmenite - a Way to Discriminate Provenance or Age in Coastal Sands. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 95(10), 1208-1218.

Darby, D.A., and Bischof, J.F. (1996) A statistical approach to source determination of lithic and Fe oxide grains: An example from the Alpha Ridge, Arctic Ocean. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 66(3), 599-607.

Darby, D.A., and Tsang, Y.W. (1987) Variation in Ilmenite Element Composition within and among Drainage Basins - Implications for Provenance. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 57(5), 831-838.

Dean, M.C., Totten, M.W., and Falster, A.U. (1995) Separation of Heavy Minerals from Mudrocks. Journal of Sedimentary Research Section a-Sedimentary Petrology and Processes, 65(3), 563-566.

Gao, S., Ling, W.L., Qiu, Y.M., Lian, Z., Hartmann, G., and Simon, K. (1999) Contrasting geochemical and Sm-Nd isotopic compositions of Archean metasediments from the Kongling high-grade terrain of the Yangtze craton: Evidence for cratonic evolution and redistribution of REE during crustal anatexis. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 63(13-14), 2071-2088.

Gotze, J., and Lewis, R. (1994) Distribution of Ree and Trace-Elements in Size and Mineral Fractions of High-Purity Quartz Sands. Chemical Geology, 114(1-2), 43-57.

Grapes, R., Roser, B., and Kashai, K. (2001) Composition of monocrystalline detrital and authigenic minerals, metamorphic grade, and provenance of Torlesse and Waipapa graywacke, central North Island, New Zealand. International Geology Review, 43(2), 139-175.

Grigsby, J.D. (1992) Chemical Fingerprinting in Detrital Ilmenite - a Viable Alternative in Provenance Research. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 62(2), 331-337.

Hanamgond, P.T., Gawali, P.B., and Chavadi, V.C. (1999) Heavy mineral distribution and sediment movement at Kwada and Belekeri Bay Beaches, west coast of India. Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, 28(3), 257-262.

Hayward, B.W., and Smale, D. (1992) Heavy Minerals and the Provenance History of Waitemata Basin Sediments (Early Miocene, Northland, New-Zealand). New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 35(2), 223-242.

Kimbrough, D.L., Abbott, P.L., Gastil, R.G., and Hamner, P.J.W. (1997) Provenance investigations using magnetic susceptibility. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 67(5), 879-883.

Macdonald, W.G., Rozendaal, A., and Demeijer, R.J. (1997) Radiometric characteristics of heavy mineral deposits along the west coast of South Africa. Mineralium Deposita, 32(4), 371-381.

Martinez-Monasterio, E., Stephens, W.E., Walden, J., and Duck, R.W. (2000) Weathering and abrasion of Fe-Ti oxides during rock degradation and fluvial transport: implications for sedimentary provenance studies. Journal of the Geological Society, 157, 601-613.

Mitra, S., Ahmed, S.S., and Moon, H.S. (1992) Mineralogy and Chemistry of the Opaques of Cox Bazar (Bangladesh) Beach Sands and the Oxygen Fugacity of Their Provenance. Sedimentary Geology, 77(3-4), 235-247.

Nambiar, A.R. (1998) 'Elemental chemistry of ilmenite - An indicator of provenance?' by Samit Bhattacharyya, Ranadhir Sengupta and Manas Chakraborty, (1997), Jour. Geol. Sec. India, v.50, pp.787-789. Comment. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 51(4), 565-566.

Poppe, L.J., Commeau, J.A., and Valentine, P.C. (1991) Mineralogy of the Silt Fraction in Surficial Sediments from the Outer Continental-Shelf Off Southeastern New-England. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 61(1), 54-64.

Rai, S.D., and Banerjee, D.C. (1995) Xenotime Placers in Parts of Mahan River Basin, Surguja District, Madhya-Pradesh. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 45(3), 285-293.

Rao, B.N. (1994a) Magnetic-Susceptibility and Mineralogical Studies of the Beach Placer Deposits, Central East-Coast of India. Current Science, 66(9), 675-677.

-. (1994b) Radiometric, Magnetic-Susceptibility and Mineralogical Studies in Some Beach Placers of Andhra-Pradesh, East-Coast of India. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 43(6), 669-675.

-. (1994c) Significance of Heavy Mineral Ratios in Some Beach Placers of Andhra-Pradesh, East-Coast of India. Current Science, 67(7), 535-537.

Razjigaeva, N.G., and Naumova, V.V. (1992) Trace-Element Composition of Detrital Magnetite from Coastal Sediments of Northwestern Japan Sea for Provenance Study. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 62(5), 802-809.

Reddy, D.R., and Malathi, V. (2002) Occurrence of kyanite in the nearshore sediments of north coastal Andhra Pradesh and its implication. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 60(3), 329-331.

Schneiderman, J.S. (1995) Detrital Opaque Oxides as Provenance Indicators in River Nile Sediments. Journal of Sedimentary Research Section a-Sedimentary Petrology and Processes, 65(4), 668-674.

Schroeder, P.A., Le Golvan, J.J., and Roden, M.F. (2002) Weathering of ilmenite from granite and chlorite schist in the Georgia Piedmont. American Mineralogist, 87(11-12), 1616-1625.

Shukolyukov, Y.A., Nazarov, M.A., and Schultz, L. (2002) Noble gases in two recently found lunar meteorites: Dhofar 025 and Dhofar 026. Geochemistry International, 40(12), 1127-1138.

Smale, D. (1990) Distribution and Provenance of Heavy Minerals in the South Island - a Review. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 33(4), 557-571.

Smale, D., and Horton, A.C. (1987) Heavy mineral suites of core samples from the McKee formation (Eocene-Lower Oligocene), Taranaki: Implications for provenance and diagenesis. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 30, 299-306.

Surour, A.A., El-Kammar, A.A., Arafa, E.H., and Korany, H.M. (2003) Dahab stream sediments, southeastern Sinai, Egypt: a potential source of gold, magnetite and zircon. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 77(1), 25-43.

Venturelli, G., Salviolimariani, E., Toscani, L., Barbieri, M., and Gorgoni, C. (1993) Postmagmatic Apatite Plus Hematite Plus Carbonate Assemblage in the Jumilla Lamproites - a Fluid Inclusion and Isotope Study. Lithos, 30(2), 139-150.

Whiting, K.S., and Faure, G. (1991) Transport of Magnetite and Ilmenite by Glaciers in the Adirondack Mountains of New-York. Journal of Geology, 99(3), 482-492.

Wyatt, B.A., Baumgartner, M., Anckar, E., and Grutter, H. (2004) Compositional classification of "kimberlitic" and "non-kimberlitic" ilmenite. Lithos, 77(1-4), 819-840.

Zhang, H.F., Mattey, D.P., Grassineau, N., Lowry, D., Brownless, M., Gurney, J.J., and Menzies, M.A. (2000) Recent fluid processes in the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa: coupled oxygen isotope and trace element disequilibrium in polymict peridotites. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 176(1), 57-72.


Darrell Henry
is the Campanile Charities Professor of Geology and Geophysics at Louisiana State University whose research specialty is metamorphic petrology. Further details of his professional background are included in an accompanying vita or faculty profile.

To contact Darrell Henry call (225)-578-2693, fax (225)-578-2302 or e-mail dhenry@geol.lsu.edu . Address: Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803.

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