Demise of the siberian plume: Paleogeographic and paleotectonic reconstruction from the prevolcanic and volcanic record, north-central siberia

International Geology Review

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 95-115

  Czamanske, Gerald K ^a   Gurevitch, A B ^b   Fedorenko, Valeri ^c   Simonov, Oleg ^d  

^a All Russian Geological Research Institute ^*  (United States)

^b A P KARPINSKY RUSSIAN GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c SIBERIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d Taymyrgeolkom   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD BASALT; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; TECTONICS; VOLCANISM;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0031869968     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206819809465200     Document Type: Article

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