Deep-sea sediments record the geophysiology of the late Ordovician glaciation

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 929-934

  Armstrong, Howard A ^a   Coe, Angela L ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glaciation; Greenhouse effect; Ordovician; Scotland; Turbidite

Indexed keywords

GLACIATION; ORDOVICIAN; TURBIDITE;

UK, SCOTLAND;

EID: 0031397004     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.6.0929     Document Type: Article

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