The sedimentary fill of the Baikal Basin: Implications for rifting age and geodynamics

Russian Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 936-954

  Mats, V D ^a,b  

^a LIMNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Baikal rift; Rifting mechanism; Seismic stratigraphic sequence (SSS); Stress reversal; Synrift sediments; Tectonic phase; Tectonic lithological stratigraphic complex (TLSC); Three stage evolution

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; FILL; FOREARC BASIN; GEODYNAMICS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; RIFTING; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC SETTING;

BAIKAL RIFT ZONE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84865750270     PISSN: 10687971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rgg.2012.07.009     Document Type: Article

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