Late Precambrian to Triassic history of the East European Craton: Dynamics of sedimentary basin evolution

Tectonophysics

Volumn 268, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 23-63

  Nikishin, A M ^a   Ziegler, P A ^b   Stephenson, R A ^c   Cloetingh, S A P L ^c   Furne, A V ^a   Fokin, P A ^a   Ershov, A V ^a   Bolotov, S N ^a   Korotaev, M V ^a   Alekseev, A S ^a   Gorbachev, V I ^d   Shipilov, E V ^e   Lankreijer, A ^c   Bembinova, E Yu ^a   Shalimov, I V ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Nedra   (Russian Federation)

^e Res Institute of Marine Geophysics   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

East European Craton; Palaeogeography; Palaeotectonics; Sedimentary basins

Indexed keywords

BASIN DEVELOPMENT; COMPRESSIONAL TECTONICS; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; PALAEOZOIC; PRECAMBRIAN; RIFTING; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

EUROPE, EAST EUROPEAN CRATON;

EID: 0030405029     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00228-4     Document Type: Article

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