Blowing hot and cold in the Palaeozoic

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 225-237

  Cocks, L Robin M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boda event; Climate; Glaciations; Ordovician; Palaeozoic; Pangaea; Permian

Indexed keywords

GLACIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOZOIC; PANGAEA; PERMIAN;

EID: 34548416261     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7878(07)80025-3     Document Type: Article

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