Late Neoproterozoic stromatolites in glacigenic successions of the Kimberley region, Western Australia: evidence for a younger Marinoan glaciation

Precambrian Research

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-87

  Grey, K ^a   Corkeron, M ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIATION; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; STROMATOLITE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032172502     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(98)00068-0     Document Type: Article

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