The biotic response to Neoproterozoic snowball earth

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 232, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 114-130

  Corsetti, Frank A ^a   Olcott, Alison N ^a   Bakermans, Corien ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acritarchs; Biotic response; Glaciation; Microfossils; Neoproterozoic; Snowball earth

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; EXTINCTION; GLACIATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PROTEROZOIC;

ACRITARCHA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33644852387     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.10.030     Document Type: Article

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