Stratigraphic record of Neoproterozoic ice sheet collapse: The Kapp Lyell diamictite sequence, SW Spitsbergen, Svalbard

Geological Magazine

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 380-390

  Bjornerud M G ^a  

^a LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryogenian; Diamictite; Neoproterozoic; Snowball Earth; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; IRON; ORGANIC CARBON; SEA ICE; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CRYOGENIAN; DIAMICTITE; NEOPROTEROZOIC; SNOWBALL EARTH; SVALBARD;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; DEGLACIATION; DIAMICTITE; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; WEDEL JARLSBERG LAND;

EID: 77953621913     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756809990690     Document Type: Article

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