New geochronological data on Palaeozoic igneous activity and deformation in the Severnaya Zemlya Archipelago, Russia, and implications for the development of the Eurasian Arctic margin

• Published in: Geological Magazine
• Main Authors: LORENZ, HENNING, GEE, DAVID G., WHITEHOUSE, MARTIN J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2006
• Subjects: Arctic; Severnaya Zemlya; Canyon River; October Revolution Island; Tajmyr; Siberia
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s001675680600272x; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S001675680600272X

The Severnaya Zemlya Archipelago, located close to the continental edge of the Kara Shelf in the Russian high Arctic, represents, together with northern Tajmyr, the exposed Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic part of the North Kara Terrane. This terrane has been interpreted as an independent microcontinen...