Neoproterozoic glaciation on the Proto-Andes: Tectonic implications and global correlation

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1095-1098

  Chew, David ^a   Kirkland, Christopher ^b   Schaltegger, Urs ^c   Goodhue, Robbie ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Cap carbonate; Glacial; Neoproterozioc; Proto Andes; Provenance

Indexed keywords

CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; GLACIATION; ISOTOPE EXCURSIONS; NEOPROTEROZOIC;

CARBON; CORRELATION METHODS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LIMESTONE; SANDSTONE; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; ZIRCON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; GLACIATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

AMAZONIA; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 37549037123     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23768A.1     Document Type: Article

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