Freezing and unfreezing of the Neoproterozoic snowball Earth: From field evidence to climate models;Gel et dégel de la Terre boule de neige néoprotérozoïque : du terrain aux modèles climatiques

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 339, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 181-185

  Nédélec, Anne ^a   Ramstein, Gilles ^a   Laskar, Jacques ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Institut de Mecanique Celeste et de Calcul des ephemerides   (France)

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EID: 34247101498     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2007.02.005     Document Type: Editorial

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