Neoproterozoic glacial record in the Death Valley region, California and Nevada

GSA Field Guides

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages 319-336

  Abolins, Mark ^a,e   Oskin, Rebecca ^a,f   Prave, Tony ^b   Summa, Catherine ^c   Corsetti, Frank ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; ISOTOPES; STRATIGRAPHY;

CALIFORNIA; CAP CARBONATES; DEATH VALLEY; ISOTOPIC CHARACTERISTICS; NEOPROTEROZOIC; NEOPROTEROZOIC GLACIATIONS; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; STRATIGRAPHIC RECORDS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 0041647068     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-0002-7.319     Document Type: Article

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