Neoproterozoic cap carbonates: A critical appraisal of existing models and the plumeworld hypothesis

Terra Nova

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 299-310

  Shields, Graham A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; DOLOSTONE; GLACIATION; PROTEROZOIC;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; SILLAGINIDAE;

EID: 27844493686     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2005.00638.x     Document Type: Review

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