Paleomagnetism of the Paleoproterozoic hematitic breccia and paleosol at Ville-Marie, Quebec: Further evidence for the low paleolatitude of Huronian glaciation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 172, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 273-285

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

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glaciation; Huronian; Lorrain Formation; Paleomagnetism; Paleosols; Precambrian

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BRECCIA; GLACIATION; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOSOL; PROTEROZOIC;

CANADA;

EID: 0033372882     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00201-0     Document Type: Article

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