@article{eage:/content/journals/10.1144/petgeo.5.3.293, author = "Leng, M. J. and Glover, B. W. and Chisholm, J. I.", title = "Nd and Sr isotopes as clastic provenance indicators in the Upper Carboniferous of Britain", journal= "Petroleum Geoscience", year = "1999", volume = "5", number = "3", pages = "293-301", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1144/petgeo.5.3.293", url = "https://www.earthdoc.org/content/journals/10.1144/petgeo.5.3.293", publisher = "European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers", issn = "1354-0793", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Nd-Sr data indicate that two isotopically distinct terrains supplied sediment to the Upper Carboniferous basins of Britain. One terrain was relatively depleted in radiogenic Nd, and included large areas of old continental crust; the other was less depleted in radiogenic Nd and is thought to have included a significant amount of first generation juvenile material that was added to the older crust during the early Palaeozoic continental collisions. The isotopic signatures reflect the average composition of the crust from which the Carboniferous sediments were originally derived. In multicyclic, multiorogenic settings such as NW Europe, understanding the geographic distribution patterns of the sediment can only be accurately ascertained by employing a combination of provenance characterizing techniques (isotopes/palaeocurrents/heavy minerals). Here, combined results indicate that the first terrain lay in Laurentia, whereas the other was a large region bordering the north side of Gondwana, and including Avalonia and Armorica.", }