Sedimentation and subsidence patterns in the central and north basins of Lake Baikal from seismic stratigraphy

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 746-766

  Moore Jr , T C ^a   Klitgord, K D ^b   Golmshtok, A J ^c   Weber, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE;

ACCOMMODATION ZONE; CONTINENTAL RIFT; DELTAIC DEPOSITS; REGIONAL TECTONICS; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SEDIMENTATION PATTERN; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; CENTRAL BASIN;

LAKES;

DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; HYDROCARBON; RIFTING; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; HYDROCARBON ACCUMULATION; RIFT BASIN;

ANGARA RIVER; BARGUZIN RIVER; BURYATIA; LAKE BAIKAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SELENGE;

EID: 0030880356     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<0746:SASPIT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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