Sandstone Provenances Flashcards

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Sediments are derived from volcanic-magmatic arcs formed over subduction zones along convergent plate boundaries.

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Magmatic Arc Source

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Contain sedimentary rocks, metamorphic rocks, and recycled volcanic-magmatic arc sediments derived from uplifted recycled accretionary complexes.

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Subduction Complexes

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Contain sedimentary and metamorphic rocks, of both continental and oceanic origin, uplifted during the continental collisions that close ocean basins.

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Collision Orogens

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Consist of diverse sedimentary, metamorphic and plutonic igneous rock assemblages exposed in orogenic belts some distance from convergent plate boundaries.

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Foreland Uplifts

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Sediments are derived from pre-existing, generally mature, sedimentary rocks that overlie plutonic basement rocks in a stable platform setting with very low relief

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Craton Interior

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Both platform sedimentary rocks and plutonic basement shield rocks are exposed as source rock types in settings of low to moderate relief.

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Transitional cratons

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The basement plutonic igneous and metamorphic rocks are exposed in an area of high relief resulting from uplift.

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Uplifted basements

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What is the setting of subduction complexes, collision orogen, and foreland uplifts?

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Recycled Orogen Source

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Craton interior, transitional cratons, and uplifted basements are subdivisions of what setting?

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Continental source block

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