Riphean and Vendian sedimentary sequences of the Timanides and Uralides, the eastern periphery of the East European Craton

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 30, Issue , 2005, Pages 19-35

  Maslov, Andrey V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

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RIPHEAN; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; VENDIAN;

EID: 14744284237     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.MEM.2004.030.01.03     Document Type: Article

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