Global glaciation in the Neoproterozoic: Reconciling previous modelling results

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Lewis, Jeffrey P ^a   Eby, Michael ^a   Weaver, Andrew J ^a   Johnston, Stephen T ^a   Jacob, Robert L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH (PLANET); ENERGY CONSERVATION; GLACIERS; SEA ICE; THERMODYNAMICS;

GLOBAL GLACIATION; NEOPROTEROZOIC CLIMATE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

GLACIATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROTEROZOIC;

EID: 3042787894     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019725     Document Type: Article

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