Stratigraphic record of Neoproterozoic ice sheet collapse: the Kapp Lyell diamictite sequence, SW Spitsbergen, Svalbard

Abstract The diamictites of the Neoproterozoic Kapp Lyell Sequence in northern Wedel Jarlsberg Land, southwest Spitsbergen, have long been recognized as ancient glacial deposits, but their place within the global stratigraphic framework of ‘snowball Earth’ has remained unclear, owing to the complexi...

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Published in:Geological Magazine
Main Author: BJØRNERUD, M. G.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2009
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756809990690
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0016756809990690