Paleoclimatic control on the composition of the Paleoproterozoic Serpent Formation, Huronian Supergroup, Canada: A greenhouse to icehouse transition

Precambrian Research

Volumn 86, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 201-223

  Fedo, Christopher M ^a   Young, Grant M ^b   Wayne Nesbitt, H ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Huronian; Paleoclimate; Proterozoic; Sandstone

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSE CONDITIONS; HURONIAN; ICEHOUSE CONDITIONS; PALAEOCLIMATE; PROTEROZOIC;

CANADA;

EID: 0031404364     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0301-9268(97)00049-1     Document Type: Article

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