The 1.1-Ga midcontinent Rift System, central North America: Sedimentology of two deep boreholes, lake superior region

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 13-36

  Ojakangas, Richard W ^a   Dickas, Albert B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SUPERIOR   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlation; Mantle plume; Midcontinent rift system; Petrography

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE; CONTINENTAL INTERIOR; MANTLE PLUME; PROTEROZOIC; RIFT ZONE; SANDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0036214322     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(01)00185-3     Document Type: Article

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