On the cause of the Ordovician glaciation

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 101-121

  Armstrong, H A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CENOZOIC; CURRENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLACIATION; ICE SHEET; MONSOON; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORDOVICIAN; WEATHERING;

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EID: 38349131957     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/tms002.5     Document Type: Article

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