Eocene arc-continent collision and crustal consolidation in Kamchatka, Russian Far East

American Journal of Science

Volumn 309, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 333-396

  Hourigan, Jeremy K ^a   Brandon, Mark T ^b   Soloviev, Alexei V ^c   Kirmasov, Alexei B ^d   Garver, John I ^e   Stevenson, James ^b   Reiners, Peter W ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^f University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; CONSOLIDATION; CRETACEOUS; CRUST; EOCENE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHIC ROCK; PALEOCENE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

EURASIA; KAMCHATKA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SREDINNYI RANGE;

EID: 67649837996     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/05.2009.01     Document Type: Article

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