Linking the Mesoproterozoic Belt-Purcell and Udzha basins across the west Laurentia-Siberia connection

Precambrian Research

Volumn 129, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 291-308

  Sears, James W ^a   Price, Raymond A ^b   Khudoley, Andrei K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Belt Purcell basin; Laurentia; Mesoproterozoic; Paleogeography; Siberia

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ACID;

BASIN EVOLUTION; DIKE SWARM; LAURENTIA; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC;

ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; MAGNETISM; MODEL; PROTEROZOIC; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

EID: 1542298974     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2003.10.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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