Glaciogenic and related strata of the Neoproterozoic Kingston Peak Formation in the Panamint Range, Death Valley region, California

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 459-465

  Petterson, Ryan ^a   Prave, Anthony R ^b   Wernicke, Brian P ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITION; DIAMICTITE; DOLOMITE; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; LITHOLOGY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TEXTURE;

CALIFORNIA; DEATH VALLEY; PANAMINT VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864027897     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/M36.41     Document Type: Article

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