Constraints on the timing of Marinoan "Snowball Earth" glaciation by 187Re-187Os dating of a Neoproterozoic, post-glacial black shale in Western Canada

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 729-740

  Kendall, Brian S ^a   Creaser, Robert A ^a   Ross, Gerald M ^b   Selby, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Black shales; Marinoan; Neoproterozoic; Old Fort Point Formation; Re Os absolute age dating

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PROTEROZOIC; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; SAMPLE PREPARATION;

EID: 2942575753     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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