Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-lnqnp Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-26T18:32:31.498Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Late Precambrian glacial climate and the Earth's obliquity — a discussion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

W. I. Stanton
Affiliation:
Kites Croft, Westbury sub Mendip, Wells, Somerset
L. J. G. Schermerhorn
Affiliation:
Geological Institute, State University of Utrecht, Oude Gracht 320, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Correspondence
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

References

Blackwelder, E. 1932. An ancient glacial formation in Utah. J. Geol. 40, 289304.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Condie, K. C. 1967. Petrology of the Late Precambrian Tillite (?) Association in Northern Utah. Bull. Geol. Soc. Am. 78, 1317–44.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Conybeare, C. E. B. & Crook, K. A. W. 1968. Manual of Sedimentary Structures. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Bull. 102. Canberra.Google Scholar
Korpershoek, H. R. 1964. The geology of Degree Sheet Sul B-33/H-N (Noqui-Tomboco). Bol. Serv. Geol. & Minas Angola 9, 5183; 10, 5105.Google Scholar
Kroner, A. & Correia, H. 1973. Further evidence for glaciogenic origin of late Precambrian mixtites in Angola. Nature Phys. Sci., Lond. 246, 115117.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Schermerhorn, L. J. G. 1974(a). Late Precambrian mixtites: glacial and/or nonglacial? Am. J. Sci. 274, 673824.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Schermerhorn, L. J. G. 1974(b). No evidence for glacial origin of late Precambrian tilloids in Angola. Nature, Lond. 252, 114116.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Schermerhorn, L. J. G. 1976. Late Precambrian mixtites: glacial and/or nonglacial: reply to discussions. Am. J. Sci. 276, 375–84.Google Scholar
Schermerhorn, L. J. G. & Stanton, W. I. 1963(a). Tilloids in the West Congo geosyncline. Q. Jl geol. Soc. Lond. 119, 201–41.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Schermerhorn, L. J. G. & Stanton, W. I. 1963(b). The geology of Degree Sheet Sul B-33/U (Bembe). Bol. Serv. Geol. & Minas Angola 7, 5101.Google Scholar
Spencer, A. M. 1971. Late Pre-Cambrian glaciation in Scotland Mem. geol. Soc. Lond. 6, 100 pp.Google Scholar
Stanton, W. I. 1972. Folha Sul B-33/V Carmona-Sanza Pombo, Noticia Explicativa. Serv. Geol. Minas Angola, 34 pp.Google Scholar
Stanton, W. I., Korpershoek, H. R. & Schermerhorn, L. J. G. 1962.The geology of Degree Sheet Sul B-33/I-O (Săo Salvador).Bol. Serv. Geol. & Minas Angola 6, 1586.Google Scholar
Williams, G. E. 1975. Late Precambrian glacial climate and the Earth's obliquity. Geol. Mag. 112, 441–65.CrossRefGoogle Scholar