Late Neoproterozoic cap carbonates: Mackenzie mountains, northwestern Canada: Precipitation and global glacial meltdown

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1229-1262

  James, N P ^a   Narbonne, G M ^a   Kyser, T K ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GLACIERS; ISOTOPES; LIMESTONE; LITHOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

DOLOSTONE;

EARTH SCIENCES;

CARBONATE; DIAGENESIS; DOLOSTONE; GLACIATION; LIMESTONE; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CANADA;

EID: 0034739925     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjes-38-8-1229     Document Type: Article

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