Palaeoenvironments and weathering regime of the Neoproterozoic Squantum 'Tillite', Boston Basin: No evidence of a snowball Earth

Sedimentology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1526-1544

  Passchier, Sandra ^a   Erukanure, Efe ^a  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulk geochemistry; Chemical index of alteration; Glacial; Neoproterozoic; Squantum Tillite

Indexed keywords

BULK GEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL INDEX OF ALTERATION; GLACIAL; NEOPROTEROZOIC; SQUANTUM TILLITE;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAVITATION; ROCKS; SANDSTONE; SEA ICE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; WEATHERING;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAMICTITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MUDSTONE; OCEAN BASIN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TILLITE;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956625001     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2010.01154.x     Document Type: Article

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