Neoproterozoic glaciations in a revised global palaeogeography from the breakup of Rodinia to the assembly of Gondwanaland

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 294, Issue , 2013, Pages 219-232

  Li, Zheng Xiang ^a,b   Evans, David A D ^b   Halverson, Galen P ^c,d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glacial deposits; Gondwanaland; Neoproterozoic; Palaeogeography; Rodinia; Snowball Earth

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL DEPOSITS; GONDWANALAND; NEOPROTEROZOIC; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; RODINIA; SNOWBALL EARTH;

DEPOSITS; GEODYNAMICS; GEOMAGNETISM; LITHOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; TECTONICS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; GEODYNAMICS; GLACIATION; GONDWANA; LITHOLOGY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EID: 84880348842     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2013.05.016     Document Type: Review

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