1.8 Billion years of detrital zircon recycling calibrates a refractory part of earth's sedimentary cycle

Thomas Hadlari; Graeme T. Swindles; Jennifer M. Galloway; Kimberley M. Bell; Kyle C. Sulphur; Larry M. Heaman; Luke P. Beranek; Karen M. Fallas

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144727

1.8 Billion years of detrital zircon recycling calibrates a refractory part of earth's sedimentary cycle

Thomas Hadlari, Graeme T. Swindles, Jennifer M. Galloway, Kimberley M. Bell, Kyle C. Sulphur, Larry M. Heaman, Luke P. Beranek, Karen M. Fallas

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Detrital zircon studies are providing new insights on the evolution of sedimentary basins but the role of sedimentary recycling remains largely undefined. In a broad region of northwestern North America, this contribution traces the pathway of detrital zircon sand grains from Proterozoic sandstones through Phanerozoic strata and argues for multi-stage sedimentary recycling over more than a billion years. As a test of our hypothesis, integrated palynology and detrital zircon provenance provides clear evidence for erosion of Carboniferous strata in the northern Cordillera as a sediment source for Upper Cretaceous strata. Our results help to calibrate Earth's sedimentary cycle by showing that recycling dominates sedimentary provenance for the refractory mineral zircon.

Original language	English
Article number	0144727
Journal	PLoS ONE
Volume	10
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144727
Publication status	Published - 14 Dec 2015

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1.8 Billion years of detrital zircon recycling calibrates a refractory part of earth's sedimentary cycle. / Hadlari, Thomas; Swindles, Graeme T.; Galloway, Jennifer M.; Bell, Kimberley M.; Sulphur, Kyle C.; Heaman, Larry M.; Beranek, Luke P.; Fallas, Karen M.

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