Models on Snowball Earth and Cambrian explosion: A synopsis

Gondwana Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 22-32

  Maruyama, S ^a   Santosh, M ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cambrian explosion; Galactic control; Greenhouse gas; Mutation; Snowball Earth

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EPISODIC EVENT; GENOME; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

EID: 46149090352     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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