The kapp lyell diamictite (Late Proterozoic), Bellsund, spitsbergen: Sedimentological evidence for its non-glacial origin

Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-78

  Birkenmajer, Krzysztof ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Diamictite; Late Proterozoic; Periglacial sedimentary palaeoenvironment; Spitsbergen

Indexed keywords

DIAMICTITE; GLACIATION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 0242509812     PISSN: 02397277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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