Breakup of Rodinia and early stages of evolution of the Paleoasian ocean

Geotectonics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-24

  Kheraskova, T N ^a   Bush, V A ^b   Didenko, A N ^a,c   Samygin, S G ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b ZAO Aerogeofizika   (Russian Federation)

^c KOSYGIN INSTITUTE OF TECTONICS AND GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; MAGMATISM; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PRECAMBRIAN; RECONSTRUCTION; RODINIA; SEDIMENTATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA;

EID: 75949089108     PISSN: 00168521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0016852110010024     Document Type: Article

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