Tightening the Siberian connection to western Laurentia

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 943-953

  Sears, James W ^a   Price, Raymond A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cordillera; Laurentia; Plate reconstruction; Proterozoic; Rodinia; Siberia

Indexed keywords

RIFT ZONES;

IGNEOUS ROCKS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

GEOPHYSICS;

LAURENTIA; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; RODINIA; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0042284489     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25229.1     Document Type: Article

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