Cratonic sedimentation regimes in the ca. 2450-2000Ma period: Relationship to a possible widespread magmatic slowdown on Earth?

Gondwana Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 30-47

  Eriksson, P G ^a   Condie, K C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eustasy; Geodynamic reactivation; Glacial events; Global magmatic slowdown; Neoarchaean supercontinent; Unconformity

Indexed keywords

GONDWANA; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PASSIVE MARGIN; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUPERCONTINENT; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE; UNCONFORMITY;

EID: 84886951129     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.08.005     Document Type: Review

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