The ~1100Ma Sturgeon Falls paleosol revisited: Implications for Mesoproterozoic weathering environments and atmospheric CO2 levels

Precambrian Research

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 738-748

  Mitchell, Ria L ^a   Sheldon, Nathan D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Dept of Geological Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Keweenawan; Midcontinental Rift; Paleosols; Precambrian; Sturgeon Falls; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROLYSIS; MASS BALANCE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; RIFTING; WEATHERING;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE SUPERIOR; MIDCONTINENT RIFT;

EID: 78649444678     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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