The Timan-Pechora Basin (northeastern European Russia): Tectonic subsidence analysis and a model of formation mechanism

Tectonophysics

Volumn 283, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 205-218

  Ismail Zadeh, Ali T ^a   Kostyuchenko, Sergey L ^b   Naimark, Boris M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION THEORY AND MATHEMATICAL GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b Ctr Regl Geophys Geoecological R   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

2 d numerical modelling; Eclogitization; Magmatism; Tectonic subsidence; Timan pechora basin

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; FORMATION MECHANISM; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, TIMAN-PECHORA BASIN;

EID: 0031412315     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00102-9     Document Type: Article

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