Provenance of late Paleozoic and Mesozoic clastic sediments of Taimyr and their significance for understanding Arctic tectonics

• Main Author: Zhang, Xiaojing
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för geologiska vetenskaper 2013
• Subjects: Geology; Geologi; Amerasia Basin; Arctic; Verkhoyansk; Taimyr; Siberia
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-89406

The Taimyr Peninsula is a key element in the circum-Arctic region and represents the northern margin of the Siberian Craton. The Taimyr Peninsula preserves late Paleozoic through Mesozoic clasitic sedimentary successions in its Mesozoic fold belt, providing an ideal location to investigate the Mesoz...