The study of sedimentary provenance requires a multidisciplinaryapproach and has increasingly drawn both techniques and objectivesfrom fields outside sedimentology. Aspects of igneous and metamorphicpetrology, geochemistry, geochronology and isotope geology nowcomplement petrographic methods, with the aim of achieving adeeper understanding of the origins, evolution and significanceof sedimentary rocks, the basins in which they reside, and thesource terrains which flank them. This volume contains a selectionof papers which illustrate the more sophisticated approach toprovenance work which is now possible, and some of the benefitsto be reaped. The volume will be of interest to both those involvedwith, or contemplating, provenance work, and the wider audienceto whom the results of such studies may provide fresh insight.
