The Marinoan glaciation (Neoproterozoic) in northeast Svalbard

Basin Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 297-324

  Halverson, Galen P ^a   Maloof, Adam C ^a   Hoffman, Paul F ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAMICTITE; EARLY EARTH; GLACIATION; PROTEROZOIC;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 4644324823     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2004.00234.x     Document Type: Article

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