Prime controls on Archaean-Palaeoproterozoic sedimentation: Change over time

Gondwana Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 550-559

  Eriksson, P G ^a   Banerjee, S ^b   Catuneanu, O ^c   Sarkar, S ^d   Bumby, A J ^a   Mtimkulu, M N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bolide impacts and tsunamis; Epeiric seas; Greenstone type sedimentation; Palaeo atmospheric evolution; Plate tectonics and mantle plumes; Supercontinent cycle; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 35548966610     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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