Global and continental-scale glaciations on the Precambrian earth

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-79

  Strand, Kari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Glacial history; Glacigenic rocks; Global correlation; Precambrian; Sequence stratigraphy; Supercontinents

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL HISTORY; GLOBAL CORRELATION; PRECAMBRIAN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SUPERCONTINENTS;

DEPOSITS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ICE; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIATION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE SHEET; PALEOCLIMATE; PASSIVE MARGIN; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SUPERCONTINENT; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT;

EID: 84859766524     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.01.011     Document Type: Article

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