Long-lived glaciation in the Late Ordovician? Isotopic and sequence-stratigraphic evidence from western Laurentia

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-112

  Saltzman, Matthew R ^a   Young, Seth A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope; Eureka Quartzite; Glaciation; Late Ordovician; Nevada

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PCO2; GLACIATION; HEAT TRANSPORT; ICEHOUSE CLIMATE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATES; CLIMATOLOGY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT TRANSFER; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CARBON ISOTOPE; GLACIATION; LAURENTIA; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13944271880     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21219.1     Document Type: Article

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