Neoproterozoic "snowball Earth": Dynamic sea ice over a quiescent ocean

Paleoceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 16-1

  Lewis, Jeffrey P ^a   Weaver, Andrew J ^a   Johnston, Stephen T ^a   Eby, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Neoproterozoic; Paleoclimate; Snowball Earth

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; PROTEROZOIC; SEA ICE;

EID: 1642334861     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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