Heavy Minerals in Use

Content: 
Contributing Authors
Pages xiii-xviii

Foreword
Pages xix-xx
John F. Dewey

Preface
Pages xxi-xxiii
Maria A. Mange, David T. Wright

Acknowledgements
Pages xxv-xxvi

Introduction and Overview
Pages xxvii-xliv
Maria A. Mange, David T. Wright

Chapter 1 The Entrainment, Transport and Sorting of Heavy Minerals by Waves and Currents Review Article
Pages 3-48
Paul D. Komar

Chapter 2 The Nile Delta: Processes of Heavy Mineral Sorting and Depositional Patterns Review Article
Pages 49-74
Omran E. Frihy

Chapter 3 The Sources and Hydraulic Sorting of Heavy Minerals on the Northern Portuguese Continental Margin Review Article
Pages 75-110
João Cascalho, Catarina Fradique

Chapter 4 Surface Textures and Dissolution Processes of Heavy Minerals in the Sedimentary Cycle: Examples from Pyroxenes and Amphiboles Review Article
Pages 113-150
Michael Anthony Velbel

Chapter 5 Provenance and Palaeoenvironmental Interpretation of Superficial Deposits, with Particular Reference to Post-Depositional Modification of Heavy Mineral Assemblages Review Article
Pages 151-188
Richard M. Bateman, John A. Catt

Chapter 6 ‘In Situ’ Dissolution of Heavy Minerals through Extreme Weathering, and the Application of the Surviving Assemblages and their Dissolution Characteristics to Correlation of Dutch and German Silver Sands Review Article
Pages 189-213
A.J. (Tom) Van Loon, Maria A. Mange

Chapter 7 Stability of Detrital Heavy Minerals During Burial Diagenesis Review Article
Pages 215-245
Andrew C. Morton, Claire Hallsworth

Chapter 8 Provenance and Diagenesis of Heavy Minerals, Cenozoic Units of the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico Sedimentary Basin Review Article
Pages 247-261
Kitty L. Milliken

Chapter 9 Effects of Hydrothermal Fluids on the Heavy Mineral Assemblage of a Late Pleistocene Succession Deposited in an Oceanic Ridge Valley (Escanaba trough, Juan De Fuca Plate) Review Article
Pages 263-276
Gian G. Zuffa, Francesca Serra

Chapter 10 Alteration of Opaque Heavy Minerals as a Reflection of the Geochemical Conditions in Depositional and Diagenetic Environments Review Article
Pages 277-303
Rikke Weibel, Henrik Friis

Chapter 11 An Integrated Grain-Size and Heavy Mineral Analysis of the Palaeocene Strata of the London Basin Review Article
Pages 307-322
Alice R.A. Thomas

Chapter 12 Heavy Minerals in Shales Review Article
Pages 323-341
Matthew W. Totten, Mark A. Hanan

Chapter 13 Geochemistry of Heavy Minerals Review Article
Pages 345-391
Maria A. Mange, Andrew C. Morton

Chapter 14 The Effects of Burial Diagenesis on Detrital Heavy Mineral Grain Surface Textures Review Article
Pages 393-412
Grenville Turner, Andrew C. Morton

Chapter 15 Scanning Electron Microscopy of Garnet from Southern Michigan Soils: Etching Rates and Inheritance of Pre-Glacial and Pre-Pedogenic Grain-Surface Textures Review Article
Pages 413-432
Michael A. Velbel, Jennifer T. Mcguire, Andrew S. Madden

Chapter 16 High-Resolution Heavy Mineral Analysis (HRHMA): A Brief Summary Review Article
Pages 433-436
Maria A. Mange, David T. Wright

Chapter 17 Multivariate Analysis of Heavy Mineral Assemblages of Sediments from the Marginal Seas of the Western Pacific Review Article
Pages 439-464
Alexander N. Derkachev, Natalia A. Nikolaeva

Chapter 18 Statistical Analysis of High-Resolution Heavy Mineral Stratigraphic Data from the Ordovician of Western Ireland and its Tectonic Consequences Review Article
Pages 465-489
Paul D. Ryan, Maria A. Mange, John F. Dewey

Chapter 19 Evolution of Quaternary to Modern Fluvial Network in the Mid-Hungarian Plain, Indicated by Heavy Mineral Distributions and Statistical Analysis of Heavy Mineral Data Review Article
Pages 491-514
Edit Thamó-Bozsó, Lajos Ó.Kovács

Chapter 20 Heavy Mineral Concentration in Modern Sands: Implications for Provenance Interpretation Review Article
Pages 517-545
Eduardo Garzanti, Sergio Andò

Chapter 21 The Rivers of Southeast Ireland and the Sands of the Irish Sea: Heavy Minerals Show that Proximity does not Always Predetermine Provenance Review Article
Pages 547-568
John Malone

Chapter 22 Sediment Trails in Tectonically Active Islands: Heavy Minerals in Use in New Zealand Review Article
Pages 569-585
David Smale

Chapter 23 Heavy-Mineral Provenance in an Estuarine Environment, Willapa Bay, Washington, USA: Palaeogeographic Implications and Estuarine Evolution Review Article
Pages 587-605
Gretchen Luepke Bynum

Chapter 24 Interpretation of Quaternary Tectonic and Environmental Change Using Heavy Minerals of the Yangtze Delta Plain Review Article
Pages 607-620
Jill S. Schneiderman, Zhongyuan Chen

Chapter 25 Heavy-Mineral Associations as Tracers of Limited Compositional Mixing During Turbiditic Sedimentation of the Marnoso-Arenacea Formation (Miocene, Northern Apennines, Italy) Review Article
Pages 621-645
Giorgio Gandolfi, Luigi Paganelli, William Cavazza

Chapter 26 Distribution Pattern and Provenance Implications of the Heavy Minerals in Neoproterozoic to Mesozoic Siliciclastic Successions in the Arabo-Nubian Shield and its Northern Periphery: A Review Review Article
Pages 647-676
Tuvia Weissbrod, Ron Bogoch

Chapter 27 The Use of Heavy Minerals in the Reconstruction of Ice-Sheet Drainage Patterns: An Example from the Edge of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet Review Article
Pages 677-699
Sandra Passchier

Chapter 28 Heavy and Light Mineral Fractions Indicate Polygenesis of Extensive Terra Rossa Soils in Istria, Croatia Review Article
Pages 701-737
Goran Durn, Dunja Aljinović, Marta Crnjaković, Boško Lugović

Chapter 29 Plate Tectonics and Heavy Mineral Suites of Modern Sands Review Article
Pages 741-763
Eduardo Garzanti, Sergio Andò

Chapter 30 Provenance of Flysch Sediments and the Palaeogene-Early Miocene Geodynamic Evolution of the Hellenides: A Contribution from Heavy Mineral Investigations Review Article
Pages 765-788
Peter Faupl, Andreas Pavlopoulos, George Migiros

Chapter 31 The Use of Heavy Minerals in Determining the Provenance and Tectonic Evolution of Mesozoic and Caenozoic Sedimentary Basins in the Continent-Pacific Ocean Transition Zone: Examples from Sikhote-Alin and Koryak-Kamchatka Regions (Russian Far East) and Western Pacific Review Article
Pages 789-822
Pavel V. Markevich, Alexander I. Malinovsky, Marianna I. Tuchkova, Sergei D. Sokolov, Vladimir N. Grigoryev

Chapter 32 Heavy Mineral Constraints on the Provenance of Cenozoic Sediments from the Foreland Basins of Assam and Bangladesh: Erosional History of the Eastern Himalayas and the Indo-Burman Ranges Review Article
Pages 823-847
Ashraf Uddin, Pranav Kumar, Jogen N. Sarma, Syed H. Akhter

Chapter 33 Heavy Minerals and Detrital Fission-Track Thermochronology Review Article
Pages 851-868
Andrew Carter

Chapter 34 Heavy Minerals in the Subsurface: Tracking Sediment Sources in Three Dimensions Review Article
Pages 869-885
D. Johannes Huisman, Gerard Th. Klaver

Chapter 35 Heavy Minerals in the Swiss Molasse Basin: Occurrence, Frequency, Chemistry and Thermochronology Review Article
Pages 887-905
Hilmar von Eynatten

Chapter 36 Evolution of the Amazon Basin in Ecuador with Special Reference to Hinterland Tectonics: Data from Zircon Fission-Track and Heavy Mineral Analysis Review Article
Pages 907-934
Geoffrey M.H. Ruiz, Diane Seward, Wilfried Winkler

Chapter 37 Heavy Minerals in Forensic Science Review Article
Pages 937-961
Skip Palenik

Chapter 38 Forensic Use of Heavy Minerals in Civil and Criminal Investigations Review Article
Pages 963-982
Wayne C. Isphording

Chapter 39 Discriminating Among Volcanic Temper Sands in Prehistoric Potsherds of Pacific Oceania Using Heavy Minerals Review Article
Pages 985-1005
William R. Dickinson

Chapter 40 The Provenance of Paste and Temper in Roman Amphorae from the Istrian Peninsula, Croatia Review Article
Pages 1007-1033
Maria A. Mange, Tamás Bezeczky

Chapter 41 Correlation of Triassic Sandstones in the Strathmore Field, West of Shetland, Using Heavy Mineral Provenance Signatures Review Article
Pages 1037-1072
Andrew C. Morton, Rob Herries, Mark Fanning

Chapter 42 High-Resolution Heavy Mineral- and Magnetostratigraphy; a Powerful Tool for Subdivision and Correlation of Barren Successions: An Example from the Sherwood Sandstone Group (Triassic) of the East Irish Sea Basin and Surrounding Areas Review Article
Pages 1073-1097
Maria A. Mange, Peter Turner, David Ince, David T. Wright

Chapter 43 The Application of Bulk Rock Geochemistry to Reveal Heavy Mineral Sorting and Flow Units in Thick, Massive Gravity Flow Deposits, Siri Canyon Palaeocene Sandstones, Danish North Sea Review Article
Pages 1099-1121
Mette Lise K. Poulsen, Henrik Friis, Johan B. Svendsen, Christian B. Jensen, Rikke Bruhn

Chapter 44 The Role of Heavy Mineral Analysis as a Geosteering Tool During Drilling of High-Angle Wells Review Article
Pages 1123-1142
Andrew C. Morton

Chapter 45 Heavy-Mineral Sands of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains, USA Review Article
Pages 1144-1232
Fredric L. Pirkle, William A. Pirkle, E.C. Pirkle

Chapter 46 Diamonds and Associated Heavy Minerals in Kimberlite: A Review of Key Concepts and Applications Review Article
Pages 1235-1267
Tom E. Nowicki, Rory O. Moore, John J. Gurney, Mike C. Baumgartner

Concluding Remarks
Page 1269
Maria A. Mange, David T. Wright

Subject Index
Pages 1271-1283