Stratigraphy and U-Pb detrital zircon geochronohgy of Wrangel Island, Russia: Implications for Arctic paleogeography

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 665-692

  Miller, E L ^a   Gehreis, G E ^b   Pease, V ^c   Sokolov, S ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; BUILDINGS; LEAD ALLOYS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SILICATE MINERALS; STRATIGRAPHY; URANIUM ALLOYS;

CARBONATE PLATFORMS; HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL; NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA; PLATE RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT SOURCES; TRIASSIC RIFTING; UPPER PALEOZOIC; UPPER PALEOZOIC STRATA;

ZIRCON;

BASEMENT ROCK; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD; MESOZOIC; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; URANIUM; ZIRCON;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; CHUKCHI SEA; KRASNOYARSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA; TAYMYR; UNITED STATES; URALS;

EID: 79951527435     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/10200909036     Document Type: Article

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