Chemostratigraphic and sequence stratigraphic constraints on Vendian-Cambrian basin dynamics, Northeast Siberian craton

Journal of Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 543-563

  Pelechaty, Shane M ^a   Grotzinger, John P ^a   Kashirtsev, Vladimir A ^a,b   Zhernovsky, Vladimir P ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Yakutian Institute of Geosciences   (Russian Federation)

^c Yakutskgeoflsika   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN DEVELOPMENT; CAMBRIAN; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SIBERIAN CRATON;

EID: 0030440197     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/629851     Document Type: Article

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