Neoproterozoic glacial records in the Yangtze Region, China

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 357-366

  Zhang, Qi Rui ^a   Chu, Xue Lei ^a   Feng, Lian Jun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC BOUNDARY;

CHINA; NANHUA RIFT;

EID: 84864032957     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/M36.32     Document Type: Article

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