Tectonic setting discrimination diagrams for terrigenous rocks: a comparison
An attempt is made to compare discrimination diagrams of the first (mid 1980s) and second (early 2010s) generations compiled using data for sedimentary successions of different ages. Our results suggest that the diagrams of different generations allow more or less correct discrimination only between the platform, rift, passive margin, and island arc settings. The data for collision sediments do not form separate fields in these diagrams.
Geochemistry International