Secular changes in the importance of neritic carbonate deposition as a control on the magnitude and stability of neoproterozoic ice ages

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 146, Issue , 2004, Pages 55-72

  Ridgwell, Andy ^a,b   Kennedy, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 85014134467     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/146GM06     Document Type: Chapter

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