Glacial influence on Neoproterozoic sedimentation: the Smalfjord Formation, northern Norway

• Published in: Sedimentology
• Main Authors: Arnaud, Emmanuelle, Eyles, Carolyn H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2002
• Subjects: Norway; Varangerfjorden; Smalfjord; Northern Norway; Varangerfjord*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3091.2002.00466.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1365-3091.2002.00466.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1365-3091.2002.00466.x

ABSTRACT There is much debate regarding the intensity and geographic extent of glaciation during the Neoproterozoic, particularly in response to recent geochemical work suggesting that the Neoproterozoic earth was at times ice covered from equator to poles (the ‘Snowball Earth’ hypothesis). A detail...