Neoproterozoic glaciogenic diamictites of the Tarim Block, NW China

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 367-378

  Zhu, Maoyan ^a   Wang, Haifeng ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAP ROCK; CARBONATE ROCK; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITION; DIAMICTITE; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GLACIATION; OUTCROP; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CANADA; CHINA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; TARIM BASIN; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84863878749     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/M36.33     Document Type: Article

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