Geology of the Severnaya Zemlya Archipelago and the North Kara Terrane in the Russian high Arctic

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 519-547

  Lorenz, Henning ^a   Männik, Peep ^b   Gee, David ^a   Proskurnin, Vasilij ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^c A P KARPINSKY RUSSIAN GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Baltica; Caledonian; Geology; Severnaya Zemlya; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; CAMBRIAN; CONGLOMERATE; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; FAULT ZONE; FOLDING; FORELAND BASIN; SANDSTONE; SHELF BREAK; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; TREMADOCIAN; TURBIDITE; VENDIAN;

ARCTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; KARA SEA; LAPTEV SEA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEVERNAYA ZEMLYA; TAYMYR;

EID: 42149128237     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-007-0182-2     Document Type: Article

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