Could 'Snowball Earth' have left thick glaciomarine deposits?

Gondwana Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 73-81

  van Loon, A J ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cryogenian; Diamicts; Glacial; Marinoan; Neoproterozoic; Sturtian; Syntectonic sedimentation; Till

Indexed keywords

GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; GONDWANA; ICEBERG; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC;

EID: 46149087557     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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