High obliquity as an alternative hypothesis to early and late proterozoic extreme climate conditions

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 146, Issue , 2004, Pages 183-192

  Jenkins, Gregory S ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84971669154     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/146GM14     Document Type: Chapter

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