Paleozoic sedimentary basins and volcanic-arc systems of southern mongolia: New stratigraphic and sedimentologic constraints

International Geology Review

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 542-576

  Lamb, Melissa A ^a   Badarch, Gombosuren ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC-ARC;

MONGOLIA;

EID: 0031396086     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206819709465288     Document Type: Article

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