Neoproterozoic loess and limits to snowball earth

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 289-307

  Retallack, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE; CAP CARBONATES; CLAY FORMATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL MODELS; DOLOSTONES; GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE; GRANULOMETRIES; LOESS DEPOSITION; LOW CARBON; NEOPROTEROZOIC; NUCCALEENA FORMATIONS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE VALUES; PERIGLACIAL; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SNOWBALL EARTH; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES;

CARBONATES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; ISOTOPES; LEACHING; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRONTIUM;

SILT;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DOLOSTONE; LIMESTONE; LOESS; PALEOCLIMATE; PROTEROZOIC; STRATIGRAPHY; TILLITE;

EID: 79952268642     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492010-051     Document Type: Article

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