Metasedimentary complexes of the Tuva-Mongolian massif: Age, provenances, and tectonic position

Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-20

  Kozakov, I K ^a   Sal'nikova, E B ^a   Natman, A ^b   Kovach, V P ^a   Kotov, A B ^a   Podkovyrov, V N ^a   Plotkina, Yu V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Nd isotope systematics; Paleo Asian ocean; Riphean; Rodinia; Tuva Mongolian massif; Vendian; Zircons

Indexed keywords

METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; RODINIA; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EID: 15844393455     PISSN: 08695938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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