Coeval development of Silurian stromatolite reefs in Alaska and the Ural Mountains: Implications for paleogeography of the Alexander terrane

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 539-542

  Soja, Constance M ^a   Antoshkina, Anna I ^b  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIME; REEFS; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON; NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONTIGUOUS AREA; DEGREE OF SIMILARITY; DETRITAL ZIRCON; IN COMPOSITIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PALEOGEOGRAPHIC SETTING; TAXONOMIC COMPOSITION; ISLAND ARC; MICROBIAL TAXA; MICROBIOTAS; PALEOGEOGRAPHY;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LIMESTONE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEONTOLOGY; REEF; SILURIAN; STROMATOLITE; TAXONOMY; PALAEOBIOGRAPHY; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY;

ALASKA; ALEXANDER TERRANE; UNITED STATES; URALS; ILYCH RIVER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; USA;

EID: 0030807865     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0539:CDOSSR>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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