Carbon isotopic composition of Neoproterozoic glacial carbonates as a test of paleoceonographic models for snowball Earth phenomena

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1135-1138

  Kennedy, Martin J ^a   Christie Blick, Nicholas ^b   Prave, Anthony R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Carbonates; Glaciation; Isotopes; Neoproterozoic; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; GLACIERS; ISOTOPES; SEA ICE; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SILICATES; STRATIGRAPHY; WEATHERING;

DEGLACIATION; SNOWBALL ATMOSPHERE;

GEOLOGY;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; EARLY EARTH; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; PROTEROZOIC;

EID: 84874980637     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<1135:CICONG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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