The late Ordovician carbonate sedimentation as a major triggering factor of the Hirnantian glaciation

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 569-578

  Villas, Enrique ^a   Vennin, Emmanuelle ^b   Álvaro, José Javier ^c   Hammann, Wolfgang ^d   Herrera, Zarela A ^a   Piovano, Eduardo L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d Univ Nacional de Córdoba ^*  (Germany)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Carbonates; CO2 sink; Glaciation; Hirnantian; North Gondwana

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; GLACIATION; GONDWANA; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENTATION; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

EID: 0036996713     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/173.6.569     Document Type: Article

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