Structure and geology of the continental shelf of the Laptev Sea, Eastern Russian Arctic

Tectonophysics

Volumn 298, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 357-393

  Drachev, Sergei S ^a,b   Savostin, Leonid A ^c   Groshev, Victor G ^d   Bruni, Inna E ^e  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c Laboratory of Regional Geodynamics   (Russian Federation)

^d GEOSEISM   (Russian Federation)

^e State Res Prod Entpr 'Air Geol'   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Eurasia Basin; Extension tectonics; Graben; Horst; Laptev Sea; Normal faults; Sedimentary basins; Seismic stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GRABEN; HORST; RIFT ZONE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

LAPTEV SEA;

EID: 0032506497     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00159-0     Document Type: Article

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