Chapter 4.5 Palaeoclimatic Events

Developments in Precambrian Geology

Volumn 16, Issue C, 2009, Pages 123-130

  Gaucher, Claudio ^a   Poiré, Daniel ^b  

^a Instituto de Geología y Paleontología   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ediacaran; glaciation; Neoproterozoic; R o de la Plata Craton; snowball Earth

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749092891     PISSN: 01662635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2635(09)01608-9     Document Type: Review

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