Glaciation and ~770Ma Ediacara (?) Fossils from the Lesser Karatau Microcontinent, Kazakhstan

Gondwana Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 867-880

  Meert, Joseph G ^a   Gibsher, Anatoly S ^b   Levashova, Natalia M ^c   Grice, Warren C ^a   Kamenov, George D ^a   Ryabinin, Alexander B ^b  

^a Department of Geological Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cambrian explosion; Ediacaran; Glaciations; Nimbia; Snowball Earth

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENIC FLUID; EDIACARAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; GLACIATION; GLACIOLOGY; GONDWANA;

KARATAU MOUNTAINS; KAZAKHSTAN;

EID: 79954629619     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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