Zircon age constraints on sediment provenance in the Caspian region

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 647-655

  Allen, Mark B ^a,b   Morton, Andy C ^c,d   Fanning, C Mark ^e   Ismail Zadeh, Arif J ^f   Kroonenberg, Salomon B ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Giddanmu   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Azerbaijan)

^g DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE BASIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PALEOZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CASPIAN BASIN; CAUCASUS; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; RUSSIAN PLATFORM; VOLGA RIVER;

EID: 33745595576     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764920-068     Document Type: Article

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