Major Paleozoic-Mesozoic unconformities in the Greater Caucasus and their tectonic re-interpretation: A synthesis

GeoActa

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages 91-102

  Ruban, Dmitry A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b SOUTHERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Greater Caucasus; Mesozoic; Palaeotectonics; Paleozoic; Unconformity

Indexed keywords

LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MESOZOIC; OROGENY; PALEOZOIC; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; TRANSTENSION; UNCONFORMITY;

CAUCASUS; EURASIA;

EID: 44349188746     PISSN: 17218039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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