Tillites at the base of the Oselok Group, foothills of the Sayan Mountains, and the Vendian lower boundary in the southwestern Siberian platform

Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 337-366

  Sovetov, Yu K ^a   Komlev, D A ^a  

^a SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Foreland basin; Oselok Group; Siberian platform; Tillites; Varangerian Horizon; Vendian

Indexed keywords

SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; TILLITE; VENDIAN;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAYAN MOUNTAINS; WORLD;

METAZOA; NEPA;

EID: 24344446230     PISSN: 08695938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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