Palaeoclimate implications from deep drilling of Neoproterozoic strata in the Officer Basin and Adelaide Rift Complex of Australia; a marine record of wet-based glaciers

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 248, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 291-312

  Eyles, C H ^a   Eyles, N ^b   Grey, K ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Meltwater; Neoproterozoic glaciations; Officer Basin and Adelaide Rift Complex; Sedimentary facies; Wet based glaciers

Indexed keywords

CONGLOMERATE; DEEP DRILLING; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAMICTITE; EDIACARAN; FACIES ANALYSIS; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; LITHOFACIES; MARINE RECORD; MELTWATER; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SILTSTONE; SLUMPING;

ADELAIDE GEOSYNCLINE; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; OFFICER BASIN; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34247627434     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.12.008     Document Type: Article

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