Sedimentary evolution of the Riphean-Vendian basin of southeastern Siberia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 129-163

  Khudoley, A K ^a   Rainbird, R H ^b   Stern, R A ^b   Kropachev, A P ^c   Heaman, L M ^d   Zanin, A M ^c   Podkovyrov, V N ^e   Belova, V N ^c   Sukhorukov, V I ^f  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c A P KARPINSKY RUSSIAN GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE OF PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^f Allakh Yunsk GGGP   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Provenance; Riphean; Siberia; Stratigraphy; U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860390329     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(01)00159-0     Document Type: Article

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