Testing models for post-glacial 'cap dolostone' deposition: Nuccaleena Formation, South Australia

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 296, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 165-180

  Rose, Catherine V ^a   Maloof, Adam C ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cap dolostone; Carbon isotopes; Ediacaran; Neoproterozoic; Nuccaleena Formation; Snowball Earth

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPES; DOLOSTONES; EDIACARAN; NEOPROTEROZOIC; SNOWBALL EARTH;

DEBRIS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CARBON ISOTOPE; DEGLACIATION; DEPOSITION; DOLOSTONE; EDIACARAN; GEOCHEMISTRY; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; MODELING;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77954660030     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.03.031     Document Type: Article

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