Neoproterozoic sand wedges: Crack formation in frozen soils under diurnal forcing during a snowball Earth

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 204, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 1-15

  Maloof, Adam C ^a   Kellogg, James B ^a   Anders, Alison M ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ice wedges; Mars; Neoproterozoic; Obliquity of the ecliptic; Paleoclimatology; Periglacial features; Permafrost; Snowball Earth

Indexed keywords

CRACK; FROZEN GROUND; ICE WEDGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PERIGLACIAL FEATURE; PERMAFROST;

EID: 0037202658     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00960-3     Document Type: Article

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