New data on the age and genesis of igneous rocks in the Kolyuchinskaya Guba (eastern Chukotka)

A study investigated the age and genesis of igneous rocks in the Kolyuchinskaya Guba in eastern Chukotka. It may be suggested that extension, which encompassed vast areas in marginal parts of the Siberian and North American continents, should be regarded as the initial stage of the continental crust...

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Published inDoklady earth sciences Vol. 425; no. 2; pp. 384 - 388
Main Authors Sokolov, S. D., Ledneva, G. V., Pease, V. L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht SP MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica 01.04.2009
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Alaska
Continental crust
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Evolution
Geological time
Geology
Geovetenskap
Igneous rocks
Lithosphere
Metamorphic rocks
NATURAL SCIENCES
NATURVETENSKAP
Peninsula
Petrology
Plate tectonics
Seismology
Chukchi Peninsula
DOKLADY Earth Science
Siberian Craton
Lower Triassic
Cretaceous
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Summary:A study investigated the age and genesis of igneous rocks in the Kolyuchinskaya Guba in eastern Chukotka. It may be suggested that extension, which encompassed vast areas in marginal parts of the Siberian and North American continents, should be regarded as the initial stage of the continental crust destruction that preceded and predetermined the origin of the Eurasian basin of the Arctic Ocean.
ISSN:1028-334X
1531-8354
1531-8354
DOI:10.1134/S1028334X09030088