A neoproterozoic snowball earth

Science

Volumn 281, Issue 5381, 1998, Pages 1342-1346

  Hoffman, Paul F ^a   Kaufman, Alan J ^b   Halverson, Galen P ^a   Schrag, Daniel P ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; SURFACE WATER;

CARBONATE ROCK; GLACIATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METAZOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SEA;

METAZOA;

EID: 0032575722     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.281.5381.1342     Document Type: Article

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