back to Darrell Henry home page

back to Geology 7900 syllabus

Geology 7900 - bibliographies

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

Cawood, P.A. (1991) Nature and record of igneous activity in the Tonga arc, SW Pacific, deduced from the phase chemistry of derived detrital grains. In A.C. Morton, S.P. Todd, and P.D.W. Haughton, Eds. Developments in Sedimentary Provenance Studies, Geological Society of London Special Publication, 57, p. 305-321.

Krawinkel, H., Wozazek, S., Krawinkel, J., and Hellmann, W. (1999) Heavy-mineral analysis and clinopyroxene geochemistry applied to provenance analysis of lithic sandstones from the Azuero-Sona Complex (NW Panama). Sedimentary Geology, 124(1-4), 149-168.

Morton, A.C. (1991) Geochemical studies of detrital heavy minerals and their applications to provenance research. In A.C. Morton, S.P. Todd, and P.D.W. Haughton, Eds. Developments in Sedimentary Provenance Studies, Geological Society of London Special Publication, 57, p. 31-45.


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.

This page was last updated on 04/17/06.


Home | Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology | Physical Geology | Research | Recent Publications | Other Sites