Extreme winds and waves in the aftermath of a Neoproterozoic glaciation

Nature

Volumn 433, Issue 7022, 2005, Pages 123-127

  Allen, Philip A ^a   Hoffman, Paul F ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRATIGRAPHY; WAVE EFFECTS; WIND EFFECTS;

GLACIATIONS; ICE SHEETS; WAVE PERIODS; WAVE RIPPLES;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ICE; SEA WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GLACIATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WAVE; WIND;

ARTICLE; COLD CLIMATE; FREEZING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GRAVITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYPOTHESIS; MELTING POINT; NEOPROTEROZOIC; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; VELOCITY; WIND;

EID: 12844285740     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03176     Document Type: Article

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