Is there a conflict between the Neoproterozoic glacial deposits and the snowball Earth interpretation: An improved understanding with numerical modeling

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 208, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 101-112

  Donnadieu, Yannick ^a   Fluteau, Frederic ^b   Ramstein, Gilles ^a   Ritz, Catherine ^c   Besse, Jean ^b  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Glacial deposits; Ice sheet model; Neoproterozoic glaciations; Snowball Earth

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; ICE SHEET; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC;

EID: 0037443764     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)01152-4     Document Type: Article

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