Soft-sediment deformation structures from the Marinoan glacial succession, Adelaide foldbelt: Implications for the palaeolatitude of late Neoproterozoic glaciation

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 165-175

  Williams, George E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glacial deposits; Neoproterozoic; Paleolatitude; Paleomagnetism; Soft sediment transformation

Indexed keywords

GLACIATION; PALAEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SOFT SEDIMENT DEFORMATION;

AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030466965     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(96)00062-0     Document Type: Article

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