Sea level variations during snowball Earth formation: 1. A preliminary analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 4410-4424

  Liu, Yonggang ^a,b   Richard Peltier, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

global glaciation; Marinoan; Neoproterozoic; sea level; snowball Earth; Sturtian

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; ESTIMATION METHOD; EUSTACY; FORMATION MECHANISM; GLACIATION; ICE SHEET; PALEOCLIMATE; PROTEROZOIC; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

NAMIBIA; OTAVI; OTJOZONDJUPA;

EID: 84885089607     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrb.50293     Document Type: Article

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