Two or four Neoproterozoic glaciations?

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1059-1063

  Kennedy, Martin J ^a,e   Runnegar, Bruce ^a   Prave, Anthony R ^b   Hoffmann, K H ^c   Arthur, Michael A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CLADISTIC ANALYSIS; GLACIAL DEPOSITS; MARINE CARBONATES; NEOPROTEROZOIC; NEOPROTEROZOIC GLACIATIONS; NULL HYPOTHESIS; RADIOGENIC VALUES; SNOWBALL EARTH;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

GLACIATION; PROTEROZOIC;

EID: 84874987734     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<1059:TOFNG>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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