Strongly seasonal Proterozoic glacial climate in low palaeolatitudes: Radically different climate system on the pre-Ediacaran Earth
Proterozoic (pre-Ediacaran) glaciations occurred under strongly seasonal climates near sea level in low palaeolatitudes. Metre-scale primary sand wedges in Cryogenian periglacial deposits are identical to those actively forming, through the infilling of seasonal (winter) thermal contraction-cracks i...
Main Authors: | George E. Williams, Phillip W. Schmidt, Grant M. Young |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-07-01
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Series: | Geoscience Frontiers |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S167498711600030X |
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