Chapter 7: Neoproterozoic glacial palaeolatitudes: A global update

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-112

  Evans, D A D ^a   Raub, T D ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLEISTOCENE; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 84860694465     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/M36.7     Document Type: Article

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