28th DeBeers Alex. Du Toit memorial lecture, 2004. On Cyrogenian (neoproterozoic) ice-sheet dynamics and the limitations of the glacial sedimentary record

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 557-577

  Hoffman, Paul F ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL SEDIMENTATION; GLACIATION; ICE SHEET;

EID: 33646232713     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/108.4.557     Document Type: Article

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