The record of Neoproterozoic glaciations in the Windermere Supergroup, southern Canadian Cordillera

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 413-424

  Smith, Mark D ^a   Arnaud, Emmanuelle ^b   Arnott, R W C ^a   Ross, Gerald M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c Kupa'a Farm   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CONGLOMERATE; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GLACIATION; LIMESTONE; MUDSTONE; OROGENY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING; SANDSTONE; SILTSTONE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCK;

CANADA; CANADIAN CORDILLERA; NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA;

EID: 84864033457     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/M36.37     Document Type: Article

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