Giant cross-beds in the Neoproterozoic Port Askaig Formation, Scotland: Implications for snowball Earth

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 165, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 155-174

  Arnaud, Emmanuelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dune; Geostrophic currents; Neoproterozoic; Port Askaig Formation; Snowball Earth; Tidal

Indexed keywords

CROSS-BEDDING; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1542379069     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2003.11.015     Document Type: Article

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