Geochemistry and U–Pb geochronology of detrital zircons in the Brujas beach sands, Campeche, Southwestern Gulf of Mexico, Mexico

This study investigated the bulk sediment geochemistry, U–Pb ages and rare earth element (REE) geochemistry of one hundred detrital zircons recovered from the Brujas beach sands in southwestern Gulf of Mexico to understand the provenance and age spectra. The bulk sediments are high in Zr and Hf contents (∼1400–3773 ppm and ∼33–90 ppm, respectively) suggested the abundance of resistant mineral zircon. The chondrite normalized REE patterns of the...