Significance of the Tambien Group (Tigrai, N. Ethiopia) for Snowball Earth events in the Arabian-Nubian Shield

Precambrian Research

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 263-283

  Miller, Nathan R ^a   Alene, Mulugeta ^b   Sacchi, Rosalino ^c   Stern, Robert J ^a   Conti, Anna ^c   Kröner, Alfred ^d   Zuppi, Gianmaria ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arabian Nubian Shield; Ethiopia; Neoproterozoic; Snowball Earth hypothesis

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ACID; LIMESTONE; STRONTIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; DIAMICTITE; EARLY EARTH; GLACIATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PROTEROZOIC; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ETHIOPIA; EVAPORATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; HYPOTHESIS;

ETHIOPIA; TIGRAI;

EID: 0037465726     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00014-7     Document Type: Article

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