Neoproterozoic environmental change recorded in the Port Askaig Formation, Scotland: Climatic vs tectonic controls

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 183, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 99-124

  Arnaud, Emmanuelle ^a   Eyles, Carolyn H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dalradian; Gravity flows; Neoproterozoic glaciation; Paleoclimatology; Port Askaig Formation; Snowball earth

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; EARLY EARTH; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC SETTING;

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

EID: 29844443707     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.09.014     Document Type: Article

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