Paleomagnetism of the Paleoproterozoic Gowganda and Lorrain formations, Ontario: Low paleolatitude for Huronian glaciation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 153, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 157-169

  Williams, George E ^a   Schmidt, Phillip W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glaciation; Gowganda Formation; Huronian; Lorrain Formation; Paleomagnetism; Precambrian

Indexed keywords

GLACIATION; HURONIAN; PALAEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC;

CANADA, ONTARIO;

EID: 0031417382     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00181-7     Document Type: Article

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