Neoproterozoic glaciation in the mid-oceanic realm: An example from hemi-pelagic mudstones on Llanddwyn Island, Anglesey, UK

Gondwana Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 105-114

  Kawai, T ^a   Windley, B F ^b   Terabayashi, M ^c   Yamamoto, H ^d   Isozaki, Y ^e   Maruyama, S ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accretionary complex; Anglesey; Dropstone; Neoproterozoic; Pelagic sediment

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GLACIATION; MUDSTONE; PELAGIC DEPOSIT; PROTEROZOIC; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SHALLOW WATER;

ISLE OF ANGLESEY; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 46149117043     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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