Paleoproterozoic Huronian basin: Product of a Wilson cycle punctuated by glaciations and a meteorite impact

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 141-142, Issue , 2001, Pages 233-254

  Young, Grant M ^a   Long, Darrel G F ^b   Fedo, Christopher M ^c   Nesbitt, H Wayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Glaciation; Impact; Paleoproterozoic; Wilson cycle

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC SEDIMENTATION; GLACIATION; IMPACT; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

CANADA;

EID: 0034933189     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(01)00076-8     Document Type: Article

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