Stratigraphic evidence for the Siberia-Laurentia connection and Early Cambrian rifting

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 719-722

  Pelechaty, Shane M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CONTINENTAL BREAK-UP; DIKE SWARMS; EARLY CAMBRIANS; NORTHERN CANADA; PALEOCLIMATIC DATA; SOUTH CHINA; TECTONIC HISTORY; WESTERN SIBERIA; CAMBRIANS; GREEN LAND; PALEOMAGNETIC DATA; SIBERIA; THERMAL;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

CAMBRIAN; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CORRELATION; HETEROGENEITY; LAURENTIA; RIFTING; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOMAGNETISM; TRILOBITE;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIAN CRATON; CANADA;

EID: 0030450541     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0719:SEFTSL>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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