Neoproterozoic to Cambrian Palaeoclimatic Events in Southwestern Gondwana

Developments in Precambrian Geology

Volumn 16, Issue C, 2009, Pages 369-388

  Kaufman, A J ^a   Sial, A N ^b   Frimmel, H E ^c   Misi, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

chemostratigraphy; diamictite; Neoproterozoic; palaeoclimate; Snowball Earth

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749084067     PISSN: 01662635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2635(09)01626-0     Document Type: Review

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