Baltica in the Cordillera?

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 791-794

  Miller, E L ^a   Kuznetsov, N ^b   Soboleva, A ^c   Udoratina, O ^c   Grove, M J ^a   Gehrels, G ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DETRITAL ZIRCON; NEOPROTEROZOIC; NORTH AMERICAN; PALEOZOIC STRATA; PRECAMBRIAN; U-PB AGES;

GALLIUM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD; STRATIGRAPHY;

ZIRCON;

BALTICA; CAMBRIAN; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; DEVONIAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC; TERRANE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ALASKA; ALEXANDER TERRANE; CHUKCHI; COAST RANGES; KLAMATH MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960610754     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31910.1     Document Type: Article

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