A Cryogenian chronology: Two long-lasting synchronous neoproterozoic glaciations

Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 459-462

  Rooney, Alan D ^a   Strauss, Justin V ^a   Brandon, Alan D ^b   Macdonald, Francis A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD; OSMIUM; SILICATE MINERALS;

AGE CONSTRAINTS; GLACIAL DEPOSITS; GLACIAL EPOCHS; LAKE FORMATION; NEOPROTEROZOIC GLACIATIONS; NORTHWEST CANADA; PALEOCONTINENTS; U-PB ZIRCON AGES;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; PROTEROZOIC; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CANADA; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 84929468280     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G36511.1     Document Type: Article

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