Widespread, prolonged late Middle to Late Ordovician upwelling in North America: A proxy record of glaciation?

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-66

  Pope, Michael C ^a   Steffen, Jessica B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chert; Glaciation; Late ordovician; Phosphate; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

CHERTS;

CARBONATES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; PHOSPHATES; ROCKS; SHALE;

GEOPHYSICS;

CARBONATE; CHERT; GLACIATION; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; UPWELLING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037287161     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0063:WPLMTL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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