The significance of ice-rafted debris in Sturtian glacial successions

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 322, Issue , 2015, Pages 19-33

  Le Heron, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryogenian; Dropstone; Glacial; Neoproterozoic; Snowball Earth; Sturtian

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CRYOGENIAN; DROPSTONE; GLACIAL; NEOPROTEROZOIC; SNOWBALL EARTH; STURTIAN;

ICE;

GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; ICE MARGIN; ICE STREAM; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; PROTEROZOIC; TURBIDITE;

AUSTRALIA; CALIFORNIA; DEATH VALLEY; NAMIBIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928110369     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2015.04.001     Document Type: Article

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