The new occurrence of Marinoan cap carbonate in Brazil: The expansion of snowball Earth events to the southwesternmost Amazon Craton
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2017.04.004
Abstract: Abstract Carbonate deposits exposed in the border of the Pimenta Bueno and Colorado grabens, western part of Parecis Basin, southwestern Amazon Craton, Brazil, have been previously considered as Paleozoic record. These deposits lying unconformably on… read more here.
Keywords: cap carbonate; marinoan; amazon craton; carbonate ... See more keywords
Cryogenian cap carbonate models: a review and critical assessment
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DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109727
Abstract: Abstract The Cryogenian Period spans two major glaciations, the Sturtian Ice Age (~720–660 Ma) and the Marinoan Ice Age (~650–635 Ma), the termination of each of which was associated with a unique type of cap carbonate deposit.… read more here.
Keywords: alkalinity; cap carbonates; model; cap carbonate ... See more keywords