U-Pb geochronology of Riphean sandstone and gabbro from southeast Siberia and its bearing on the Laurentia-Siberia connection

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 409-420

  Rainbird, Robert H ^a   Stern, Richard A ^a   Khudoley, Andrei K ^b   Kropachev, Anatoly P ^b   Heaman, Larry M ^c   Sukhorukov, Vladimir I ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d Domokhotova 4 678720 ^*  (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Laurentia; Reconstruction; Siberia; U Pb; Zircon

Indexed keywords

PROTEROZOIC; RIPHEAN; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0032583359     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00222-2     Document Type: Article

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