Geology of the East Siberian Sea, Russian Arctic, from seismic images: Structures, evolution, and implications for the evolution of the Arctic Ocean Basin

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Franke, Dieter ^a   Hinz, Karl ^a   Reichert, Christian ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

East Siberian Shelf; Russian Arctic; Seismic data

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; OCEAN BASIN; SEISMIC SURVEY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 4644225885     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002687     Document Type: Article

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