Re-Os isotopic age constraints on deposition in the Neoproterozoic Amadeus Basin: Implications for the 'Snowball Earth'

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 825-828

  Schaefer, B F ^a   Burgess, J M ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Northern Territory Geological Survey   (Australia)

Author keywords

Absolute age; Amadeus Basin; Re Os isotopes; Snowball Earth

Indexed keywords

GLACIATION; PROTEROZOIC; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0345530845     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764903-050     Document Type: Article

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