Neoproterozoic glaciations and the fossil record

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 146, Issue , 2004, Pages 199-214

  Xiao, Shuhai ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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