Glacial trinity: Neoprotezoic earth history within the British-Irish caledonides

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 909-912

  McCay, G A ^a   Prave, A R ^a   Alsop, G I ^a   Fallick, A E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caledonides; Cap carbonate; Dalradian; Glacial; Neoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

CRANFORD LIMESTONE; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; MARINOAN-STYLE CAP CARBONATES; NEOPROTEROZOIC GLACIAL EPISODES; STRALINCHY-REELAN FORMATIONS;

CARBONATE MINERALS; EARTH (PLANET); SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CARBONATE ROCK; DALRADIAN; DIAMICTITE; DOLOSTONE; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CALEDONIDES; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33750948758     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22694A.1     Document Type: Article

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