Bibliography of Precambrian glacial deposits
and post-glacial cap carbonates
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1871: 

Thomson, J., 1871. On the stratified rocks of Islay. Report of the 41st Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Edinburgh, John Murray, London, pp. 110-111. .


1891: 

Reusch, H., Skuringmærker og morængrus eftervist i Finnmarken fra en periode meget ældre end ‘istiden’ (Glacial striae and boulder-clay in Norwegian Lapponie from a period much older than the last ice age). Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse 1, 78-85 and 97-100.


1897: 

Strahan, A., 1897. On glacial phenomena of Paleozoic age in the Varanger Fiord. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, London 53, 137-146, and Discussion, 153-156.


1901:

Howchin, W., 1901. Preliminary note on the existence of glacial beds of Cambrian age in South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 21, 74-86.


1904:

Willis, B., 1904. Geological research in eastern Asia. Carnegie Institution of Washington, Yearbook 3, Washington, D.C., 275-291.


1906:

Schwarz, E.H.L., 1906. The three Paleozoic ice-ages of South Africa. Journal of Geology 14, 683-691.


1907:

Blackwelder, E. & Willis, B., 1907. Research in China, Vol. 1:I, II. Carnegie Institution of Washington, Publication 54, Washington, D.C.

Coleman, A.P., 1907. A Lower Huronian ice age. American Journal of Science 23, 187-192.


1908:

Howchin, W., 1908. Glacial beds of Cambrian age in South Australia. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, London 64, 234-259.


1910:

Sayles, R.W. & LaForge, L., 1910. The glacial origin of the Roxbury Conglomerate. Science 32, 723-724.


1913:

Wilson, M.E., 1913. The Cobalt Series, its character and origin. Journal of Geology 21, 121-141.


1914:

Sayles, R.W., 1914. The Squantum Tillite. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 56, 141-175, 12 plates, Cambridge, MA.


1915:

Rogers, A.W., 1915. The geology of part of Namaqualand. Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa 18, 72-101, 14 plates.


1924. 

Lee, J.S., 1924. Geology of the gorge district of the Yangtze (from Ichang to Tzekuei) with special reference to the development of the gorges. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 3, 351-391


1926. 

Blackwelder, E., 1926. Precambrian geology of the Medicine Bow Mountains. Geological Society of America Bulletin 37, 615-658.

Coleman, A.P., 1926. Ice ages, recent and ancient. MacMillan, New York, 296 pp.

Wadia, D.N., 1926. Geology of India. London, 1926.


1930:

Nikolaev, J., 1930. The glacial deposits (tillites) of Lower Cambrian age in the Yenissei Range. Bulletin of the Geological and Prospecting Service of the U.S.S.R. 49(7), 1-15.

Rogers, A.W., 1930. Pre-Cape tillites in the Union of South Africa. International Geological Congress, Compte Rendu XV Session, South Africa, 1929. Vol. II, 83-84, Pretoria.


1931:

Gevers, T.W., 1931. An ancient tillite in South-West Africa. Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa 34, 1-17.


1932:

Blackwelder, E., 1932. An ancient glacial formation in Utah. Journal of Geology 40, 289-304.


1934:

Kulling, O., 1934. The Hecla Hoek Formation round Hinlopenstredet. Geografiska Annaler 14, 161-253.


1937:

Norin, E., 1937. Geology of the western Quruq Tagh, eastern Tien Shan. Reports of the Sino-Swedish Expedition III. Geology. Bokförlags Aktiebolaget Thule, Stockholm, 194 p.


1939:

Davies, K.A., 1939. The glacial sediments of Bunyoro, N.W. Uganda. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Uganda, 3, 20-37.


1940:  5

Browne, W.R., 1940. Late Proterozoic(?) glaciation in Australia. Report of the 17th Session, International Geological Congress 1937, Moscow 6, 57-63, 1 plate.

Davies, K.A., 1940. The glacial series of Bunyoro, north Uganda. Report of the 17th Session, International Geological Congress 1937, Moscow 6, 115-119.

Howell, B.F., 1940. Late Proterozoic and Early Cambrian climates. Report of the 17th Session, International Geological Congress 1937, Moscow 6, 7-10.

Norin, E., 1940. The Cambrian and sub-Cambrian sediments of central Kuruk-Tagh, eastern Tien-Shan. Report of the 17th Session, International Geological Congress 1937, Moscow 6, 29-31, 1 fig., 3 plates.

Tchurakov, A.N., 1940. Die Proterozoische Vergletscherung Sibiriens. Report of the 17th Session, International Geological Congress 1937, Moscow 6, 21-28, 1 fig., 1 plate.


1941:  

le Roex, H.D., 1941. A tillite in the Otavi Mountains, S.W.A. Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa 44, 207-218.


1949:  2

Mawson, D., 1949. The Late Precambrian ice age and glacial record of the Bibliando dome. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 82, 150-174.

Mawson, D., 1949. The Elatina glaciation: a third recurrence of glaciation evidenced in the Adelaide system. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 73, 117-121.


1950:  3

Mawson, D. & Sprigg, R.C., 1950. Subdivision of the Adelaide System. Australian Journal of Science 13, 69-72.

Cahen, L., 1950. Le Calcaire de Sekelolo, le Complexe tillitique et la Dolomie rose C1 dans l& #8217;Anticlinal de Congo dia Kati (Bas-Congo). Annales du Musée du Congo Belge, Sciences Géologiques 7, 13-54, 19 plates.

Wegmann, C.E., Dangeard, L. & Graindor, M.J., 1950. Sue quelques caractères remarquables de la formation pré-cambrienne connue sous le nom de Poudinage de Granville. Compte Rendus 230, 979-


1951:  1

Wegmann, E., 1951. Subkambrische Tillite in der herzynischen Faltungszone. Geologische Rundschau 39, 221-


1956:  1

Harland, W.B. & Wilson, C.B., 1956. The Hecla Hoek Succession in Ny Friesland, Spitsbergen. Geological Magazine 93, 2265-286.


1959:  2

Harland, W.B. & Bidgood, D.E.T., 1959. Palaeomagnetism in some Norwegian sparagmites and the late pre-Cambrian ice age. Nature 184, 1860-1862.

Maciel, P., 1959. Tilito Cambriano(?) no Estado de Mato Grosso. Sociedad Brasilieras Geologia Boletino 8, 3-49.



1960:  1

Dangeard, L. & Doré, F., 1960. La tillite antecambrienne de St Germain d’Ectot (Calvados). 21st International Geological Congress, Copenhagen, 1960, Pt. VIII. Late Pre-Cambrian and Cambrian stratigraphy, 24-25.

1961:  3

Bidgood, D.E.T. & Harland, W.B., 1961. Palaeomagnetism in some east Greenland sedimentary rocks. Nature 189, 633-634.

Dott, R.H.Jr., 1961. Squantum “tillite”, Massachusetts—evidence of glaciation or subaqueous mass movements? Geological Society of America Bulletin 72, 1289-1305.

Katz, H.R., 1961. Late Precambrian to Cambrian stratigraphy in East Greenland. In: Raasch, G.O. (ed) Geology of the Arctic, Vol 1. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 299-328.


1963:  2

Cahen, L., 1963. Glaciations anciennes et dérive des continents (Ancient glaciations and continental drift). Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique 86, 19-83.

Schermerhorn, L.J.G. & Stanton, W.I., 1963. Tilloids in the West Congo geosyncline. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 119, 201-241.


1964:  12

Harland, W.B., 1964. Evidence of late Precambrian glaciation and its significance. In: Nairn, A.E.M. (ed.) Problems in Palaeoclimatology. Interscience, London, p. 119-149.

Harland, W.B., 1964. Critical evidence for a great infra-Cambrian glaciation. Geologische Rundschau 54, 45-61.

Harland, W.B. & Rudwick, M.J.S., 1964. The great infra-Cambrian ice age. Scientific American. August 1964, 42-49.

Rudwick, M.J.S., 1964. The infra-Cambrian glaciation and the origin of the Cambrian fauna. In: Nairn, A.E.M. (ed.) Problems in Palaeoclimatology. Interscience, London, p. 150-155 and 184-185.

Spjeldnaes, N., 1964. The Eocambrian glaciation in Norway. Geologische Rundschau 54, 24-45.

Wilson, C.B. & Harland, W.B., 1964. The Polarisbreen Series and other evidences of late pre-Cambrian ice ages in Spitsbergen. Geological Magazine 101, 198-219.

Chumakov, N.M., 1964. Präkambrische tillit-ähnliche Gesteine der Sowjetunion. Geologische Rundschau 54, 83-102.

Fiala, F., 1964. Eokamrische Tillite der Zelezne hory, Ostböhmen. Geologische Rundschau 54, 102-115.

Graindor, M.J., 1964. Les tillites ante-cambriennes de Normandie. Geologische Rundschau 54, 61-83.

Harland, W.B. & Rudwick, M.J.S., 1964. The great infra-Cambrian ice age. Scientific American 211(2), 28-36.

Schwarzbach, M., 1964. Climates of the Past. D. Van Nostrand Co, Ltd, London, 328 p. (English translation of the 2nd revised edition of Das Clima der Vorzeit. Ferdinand Enke Verlag, Stuttgart, 1961.)

Schwarzbach, M., 1964. Paläoklimatologische Eindrücke aus Australien nebst einigen allgemeinen Bemerkungen zur älteren Klimageschichte der Erde. Geologische Rundschau 54, 128-161.


1965:  5

Dow, D.B., 1965. Evidence of a Late Pre-Cambrian glaciation in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia. Geological Magazine 102, 407-419.

Kilburn, C., Pitcher, W.S. & Shackleton, R.M., 1965. Stratigraphy and origin of the Port Askaig Boulder Bed series (Dalradian). Geological Journal 4, 343-360.

Martin, H., 1965. The Precambrian Geology of South West Africa and Namaqualand. Precambrian Research Unit Bulletin 1, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 159 p.

Martin, H., 1965. Beobachtungen zum Problem der jung-präkambrischen Glazialen Ablagerungen in Südwestafrika (Observations concerning the problem of the late Precambrian glacial deposits in South West Africa). Geologische Rundschau 54, 115-127.

Schenk, P.E., 1965. Depositional environment of the Gowganda Formation (Precambrian) at the south end of Lake Timagami, Ontario. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology 35, 309-318.


1966:  3

Howarth, R.J., Kilburn, C. & Leake, B.E., 1966. The Boulder Bed succession at Glencolombkille, County Donegal. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 65B, 117-138.

Lindsey, D.A., 1966. Sediment transport in a Precambrian ice-age: the Huronian Gowganda Formation. Science 154, 1422-1423.

Reading, H.G. & Walker, R.G., 1966. Sedimentation of Eocambrian tillites and associated sediments in Finnmark, northern Norway. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 2, 177-212.


1968:  3

Eriksson, E., 1968. Air-ocean-icecap interactions in relation to climatic fluctuations and glaciation cycles. Meteorological Monographs 8, 68-92.

Perry, W.J. & Roberts, H.G., 1968. Late Precambrian glaciated pavements in the Kimberley Region, Western Australia. Journal of the Geological Society of Australia 15(1), 51-56.

Roscoe, S.M., 1968. Huronian rocks and unraniferous conglomerates in the Canadian Shield. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 68-40, 205 p.


1969:  6

Biju-Duval, B. & Gariel, O., 1969. Nouvelles observations sur les phénomènes glaciaires “Éocambriens” de la bordure nord de la synéclise de Taoudeni, entre le Hank et le Tanezrouft, Sahara occidental. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 6, 283-315.

Budyko, M.I., 1969. The effect of solar radiation variations on the climate of the Earth. Tellus 21, 611-619.

Isotta, C.A., Rocha-Campos, A.C. & Yoshida, R., 1969. Striated pavement of the Upper Pre-Cambrian glaciation in Brazil. Nature 222, 466-468.

Lindsey, D.A., 1969. Glacial sedimentology of the Precambrian Gowganda Formation, Ontario, Canada. Geological Society of America Bulletin 80, 1685-1702.

Sellers, W.D., 1969. A global climatic model based on the energy balance of the Earth­atmosphere system. Journal of Applied Meteorology 8, 392-400.

Young, G.M., 1969. Geochemistry of Early Proterozoic tillites and argillites of the Gowganda Formation, Ontario. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 33, 483-492.


1970:  3

Eisbacher, G.H., 1970. Contemporaneous faulting and clastic intrusions in the Quirke Lake Group, Elliot Lake, Ontario. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 7, 215-225.

Whitten, G.F., 1970. The investigation and exploitation of the Razorback Ridge iron deposit. Geological Survey of South Australia Reports of Investigations 33, 165 p.

Young, G.M., 1970. An extensive Early Proterozoic glaciation in North America? Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 7, 85-101.


1971:  6

Crawford, A.R. & Daily, B., 1971. Probable non-synchroneity of Late Precambrian glaciations. Nature 230, 111-112.

Dunn, P.R., Thomson, B.P., & Rankama, K., 1971. Late Pre-Cambrian glaciation in Australia as a stratigraphic boundary. Nature 231, 498-502.

Howarth, R.J., 1971. The Portaskaig Tillite succession (Dalradian) of Co. Donegal. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 71B, 1-36.

Lindsey, D.A., 1971. Glacial marine sediments in the Precambrian Gowganda Formation at Whitefish Falls, Ontario (Canada). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 9, 7-25.

Roberts, J.D., 1971. Late Precambrian glaciation: an anti-greenhouse effect? Nature 234, 216.

Spencer, A.M., 1971. Late Pre-Cambrian glaciation in Scotland. Geological Society of London Memoir 6, 99 pp.


1972:  5

Binda, P.L. & Van Eden, J.G., 1972. Sedimentological evidence on the origin of the Precambrian Great Conglomerate (Kundelungu Tillite), Zambia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 12, 151-168.

Kröner, A. & Rankama, K., 1972. Late Precambrian glaciogenic sedimentary rocks in southern Africa: a compilation with definitions and correlations. Precambrian Research Unit Bulletin 11, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 37 p.

Spencer, A.M. & Spencer, M.O., 1972. The Late Precambrian/Lower Cambrian Bonahaven Dolomite of Islay and its stromatolites. Scottish Journal of Geology 8, 269-282.

Williams, G.E., 1972. Geological evidence relating to the origin and secular rotation of the Solar system. Modern Geology 3, 165-181.

Young, G.M., 1972. Downward intrusive breccias in the Huronian Espanola Formation, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 9, 756-762.


1973:  6

Bjørlykke, K., 1973. Glacial conglomerates of Late Precambrian age from the Bunyoro Series, W. Uganda. Geologische Rundschau 62, 938-947.

Kröner, A. & Correira, H., 1973. Further evidence for glacigenic origin of Late Precambrian mixtites in Angola. Nature 246, 115-117.

Kröner, A. & Rankama, K., 1973. Late Precambrian glaciogenic sedimentary rocks in southern Africa: A compilation with definitions and corrections. Geological Survey of Finland Bulletin 45, 79-102.

Piper, J.D.A., 1973. Latitudinal extent of late Precambrian glaciations. Nature 244, 342.

Rankama, K., 1973. The Late Precambrian glaciation, with particular reference to the Southern Hemisphere. Journal and Proceedings, Royal Society of New South Wales 106, 89-97.

Williams, G.E., 1973. Geotectonic cycles, lunar evolution, and the dynamics of the Earth-Moon system. Modern Geology 4, 159-183.


1974:  6

Cloud, P., Wright, L.A., Williams, E.G., Diehl, P., & Walter, M.R., 1974. Giant stromatolites and associated vertical tubes from the upper Proterozoic Noonday Dolomite, Death Valley region, eastern California. Geological Society of America Bulletin 85, 1869-1882.

Held, I.M. & Suarez, M.J., 1974. Simple albedo feedback models of the icecaps. Tellus 26(6), 613-629.

McElhinny, M.W., Giddings, J.W. & Embleton, B.J.J., 1974. Palaeomagnetic results and late Precambrian glaciations. Nature 248, 557-561.

Schermerhorn, L.J.G., 1974. Late Precambrian mixtites: glacial and/or non-glacial? American Journal of Science 274, 673-824.

Tarling, D. H., 1974. A palaeomagnetic study of Precambrian tillites in Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, London 130, 163-177.

Williams, G.E., 1974. Discussion of Late Precambrian glacial climate and the Earth’s obliquity. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 130, 599-601.


1975:  4

Schermerhorn, L.J.G., 1975. Tectonic framework of Late Precambrian supposed glacials. In: Wright, A.E. and Moseley (eds.) Ice Ages: Ancient and Modern. Seel House Press, Liverpool, 241-274.

Spencer, A.M., 1975. Late Precambrian glaciation in the North Atlantic region. In: Wright, A.E. and Moseley, F. (eds) Ice Ages: Ancient and Modern. Seel House Press, Liverpool, p. 217-240.

Wetherald, R.T. & Manabe, S., 1975. The effects of changing the Solar constant on the climate of a general circulation model. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 32, 2044-2059.

Williams, G.E., 1975. Late Precambrian glacial climate and the Earth’s obliquity. Geological Magazine 112, 441-544.


1976:  6

Deynoux, M. & Trompette, R., 1976. Discussion: Late Precambrian mixtites: glacial and/or nonglacial? Dealing especially with the mixtites of West Africa. American Journal of Science 276, 1302-1315.

Edwards, M.B., 1976. Sedimentology of Late Precambrian Svaenor and Kapp Sparre Formations at Aldousbreen, Wahlenbergfjorden, Nordaustlandet. Norsk Polarinstitut Årbok 1974, 51-61, Oslo.

Roberts, J.D., 1976. Late Precambrian dolomites, Vendian glaciation, and synchroneity of Vendian glaciations. Journal of Geology 84, 47-63.

Schermerhorn, L.J.G., 1976. Reply: Late Precambrian mixtites: glacial and/or nonglacial? Dealing especially with the mixtites of West Africa. American Journal of Science 276, 1315-1324.

Vidal, G., 1976. Late Precambrian acritarchs from the Eleonore Bay Group and Tillite Group in East Greenland. Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport 78, 19 p.

Young, G.M., 1976. Iron-formation and glaciogenic rocks of the Rapitan Group, Northwest Territories, Canada. Precambrian Research 3, 137-158.


1977:  5

Lindzen, R.S. & Farrell, B., 1977. Some realistic modifications of simple climate models. Journal of Atmospheric Sciences 34, 1487-1500.

Kröner, A., 1977. Non-synchroneity of Late Precambrian glaciations in Africa. Journal of  

Roberts, J.D. 1977. Late Precambrian dolomites, Vendian glaciation, and synchroneity of Vendian glaciations: a reply. Journal of Geology 85, 251-252.

Schermerhorn, L.J.G. 1977. Late Precambrian dolomites, Vendian glaciation, and synchroneity of Vendian glaciations: a discussion. Journal of Geology 85, 247-250.

Williams, G.E. 1977. Late Precambrian dolomites, Vendian glaciation, and synchroneity of Vendian glaciations: a discussion. Journal of Geology 85, 250-252.


1978:  3

Deynoux, M., 1978. Upper Precambrian and Lowermost Paleozoic correlations in West Africa and in the western part of Central Africa. Probable diachronism of the Late Precambrian tillite. Geologische Rundschau 67, 615-630.

Eisbacher, G.H., 1978. Re-definition and subdivision of the Rapitan Group, Mackenzie Mountains. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 77-35, 21 p.

Wright, L., Williams, E.G., & Cloud, P., 1978. Algal and cryptalgal structures and platform environments of the late pre-Phanerozoic Noonday Dolomite, eastern California. Geological Society of America Bulletin 89, 321-333.


1979:  4

Caldas, J., 1979. Evidencias de una glaciación Precambriana en la costa sur del Perú. Segundo Congreso Geológica Chileno, Volume J, Arica, 29-37.

McLennan, S.M., Fryer, B.J., Fryer, B.J., & Young, G.M., 1979. The geochemistry of the carbonate-rich Espanola Formation (Huronian) with emphasis on the rare earth elements. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 16, 230-239.

Plummer, P.S., 1979. Note on the palaeoenvironmental significance of the Nuccaleena Formation (upper Precambrian), central Flinders Ranges, South Australia. Journal of the Geological Society of Australia 25, 395-402.

Williams, G.E., 1979. Sedimentology, stable-isotope geochemistry and palaeoenvironment of dolostones capping late Precambrian glacial sequences in Australia. Journal of the Geological Society of Australia 26, 377-386.


1980:  2

Coats, R.P. & Preiss, W.V., 1980. Stratigraphic and geochronological reinterpretation of Late Proterozoic glaciogenic sequences in the Kimberley Region, Western Australia. Precambrian Research 13, 181-208.

Ojakangas, R.W. & Matsch, C.L., 1980. Upper Precambrian (Eocambrian) Mineral Fork Tillite of Utah: a continental glacial and glaciomarine sequence. Geological Society of America Bulletin 91, 495-501.


1981:  12

Chumakov, N.M., 1981. Upper Proterozoic glaciogenic rocks and their stratigraphic significance. Precambrian Research 15, 373-395.

Boulton, G.S. & Deynoux, M., 1981. Sedimentation in glacial environments and the identification of tills and tillites in ancient sedimentary sequences. Precambrian Research 15, 397-422.

Deynoux, M. & Trompette, R., 1981. Late Precambrian tillites of the Taoudeni Basin, West Africa. In: Hambrey, M.J. and Harland, W.B. (eds) Earth’s Pre-Pleistocene Glacial Record. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, p. 123-131.

Eisbacher, G.H., 1981. Sedimentary tectonics and glacial record in the Windermere Supergroup, Mackenzie Mountains, northwestern Canada. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 80-27, 40 p.

Hambrey, M.J. & Harland, W.B., 1981. Earth’s Pre-Pleistocene Glacial Record. Cambridge University Press, London, 1004 p.

Knoll, A.H., Blick, N., & Awramik, S.M., 1981. Stratigraphic and ecologic implications of Late Precambrian microfossils from Utah. American Journal of Science 281, 247-263.

North, G.R., Cahalan, R.F., and Coakley, J.A.Jr., 1981. Energy balance climate models. Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics 19, 91-121.

Plumb, K.A., 1981. Late Proterozoic (Adelaidean) tillites of the Kimberley­Victoria River region, Western Australia and Northern Territory. In: Hambrey, M.J. and Harland, W.B. (eds) Earth’s Pre-Pleistocene Glacial Record. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, p. 504-514.

Preiss, W.V. & Forbes, B.G., 1981. Stratigraphy, correlation and sedimentary history of Adelaidean (Late Proterozoic) basins in Australia. Precambrian Research 15, 255-304.

Wang, Y., Lu, S., & Gao, Z., 1981. Sinian tillites of China. In: Hambrey, M.J. and Harland, W.B. (eds) Earth’s Pre-Pleistocene Glacial Record. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, p. 386-401.

Williams, G.E., 1981. Sunspot periods in the late Precambrian glacial climate and solar-planetary relations. Nature 291, 624-628.

Walker, J.C.G., Hays, P.B. & Kasting, J.F., 1981. A negative feedback mechanism for the long-term stabilization of Earth& #8217;s surface temperature. Journal of Geophysical Research 86(C10), 9776-9782.


1982:  5

Deynoux, M., 1982. Periglacial polygonal structures and sand wedges in the late Precambrian glacial formations of the Taoudeni Basin in Adrar of Mauretania (West Africa). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 39, 55-70.

Goguel, J., 1982. Eos cover watchers. Eos 63(17), 250.

Gorin, G.E., Racz, L.G., & Walter, M.R., 1982. Late Precambrian-Cambrian sediments of Huqf Group, Sultanate of Oman. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 66, 2609-2627.

Williams, G., 1982. Tidal rhythm disputed. Eos 63(39), 794.

Young, G.M., 1982. The late Proterozoic Tindir Group, east-central Alaska: evolution of a continental margin. Geological Society of America Bulletin 93, 759-783.


1983:  4

Crittenden, M.D.Jr., Christie-Blick, N., & Link, P.K., 1983. Evidence for two pulses of glaciation during the late Proterozoic in northern Utah and southeastern Idaho. Geological Society of America Bulletin 94, 437-450.

Eyles, C.H. & Eyles, N., 1983. Glaciomarine model for upper Precambrian diamictites of the Port Askaig Formation, Scotland. Geology 11, 692-696.

Link, P.K., 1983. Glacial and tectonically influenced sedimentation in the Upper Proterozoic Pocatello Formation, southeastern Idaho. In: Miller, D.M., Todd, V.R., and Howard, K.A. (eds.) Tectonic and Stratigraphic Studies in the Eastern Great Basin. Geological Society of America Memoir 157, Boulder, CO, p. 165-181.

Miall, A.D., 1983. Glaciomarine sedimentation in the Gowganda Formation (Huronian), northern Ontario. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology 53, 477-491.


1984:  4

Edwards, M.B., 1984. Sedimentology of the Upper Proterozoic glacial record, Vestertana Group, Finnmark, North Norway. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse Bulletin 394, 76 p.

Fairchild, I.J. & Hambrey, M.J., 1984. The Vendian succession of northeastern Spitsbergen: petrogenesis of a dolomite-tillite association. Precambrian Research 26, 111-167.

Sheldon, R.P., 1984. Ice-ring origin of the Earth’s atmosphere and hydrosphere and Late Proterozoic­Cambrian hypothesis. Geological Survey of India Special Publication 17, 17-21

Spalletti, L. & Del Valle, A., 1984. Las diamictitas del sector oriental de Tandilia: characteres sedimentológicos y origen. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina 39, 188-206.


1985:  13

Bjørlykke, K., 1985. Glaciations, preservation of their sedimentary record and sea level changes—a discussion based on the Late Precambrian and Lower Palaeozoic sequence in Norway. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 51, 197-207.

Deynoux, M., 1985. Terrestrial or waterlain glacial diamictites? Three case studies from the late Proterozoic and late Ordovician glacial drifts in West Africa. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 51, 97-141.

Eisbacher, G.H., 1985. Late Proterozoic rifting, glacial sedimentation, and sedimentary cycles in the light of Windermere deposition, western Canada. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 51, 231-254.

Gao, Z. & Jianxin, Q., 1985. Sinian glacial deposits in Xinjiang, Northwest China. Precambrian Research 29, 143-147.

Hambrey, M.J. & Harland, W.B., 1985. The Late Proterozoic glacial era. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 51, 255-272.

Lu, S.N., Ma, G.G., Gao, Z.J. & Lin, W.X., 1985. Primary research on the glaciogenic rocks of the Late Precambrian in China. In: Precambrian Geology Committee (Eds.) Precambrian Geology, No. 1, The Collected Works on the Late Precambrian Glaciogenic Rocks of China. Geology Publication House, Beijing, pp. 1-86.

Martin, H., Porada, H., & Walliser, O.H., 1985. Mixtite deposits of the Damara sequence, Namibia, problems of interpretation. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 51, 159-196.

Miall, A.D., 1985. Sedimentation of an early Proterozoic continental margin: the gowganda Formation (Huronian), Elliot Lake area, Ontario, Canada. Sedimentology 32, 763-788.

Miller, J.M.G., 1985. Glacial and syntectonic sedimentation: the upper Proterozoic Kingston Peak Formation, southern Panamint Range, eastern California. Geological Society of America Bulletin 96, 1537-1553.

Nystuen, J.P., 1985. Facies and preservation of glaciogenic sequences from the Varanger ice age in Scandinavia and other parts of the North Atlantic region. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 51, 209-229.

Spencer, A.M., 1985. Mechanisms and environments of deposition of Late Precambrian geosynclinal tillites: Scotland and East Greenland. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 51, 143-157.

Williams, G.E. & Tonkin, D.G., 1985. Periglacial structures and paleoclimatic significance of a late Precambrian block field in the Cattle Grid copper mine, Mount Gunson, South Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 32, 287-300.

Young, G.M. & Nesbitt, H.W., 1985. The Gowganda Formation in the southern part of the Huronian outcrop belt, Ontatio, Canada: stratigraphy, depositional environments and regional tectonics signficance. Precambrian Research 29, 265-301.


1986:  6

Henry, G., Stanistreet, I.G., & Maiden, K.J., 1986. Preliminary results of a sedimentological study of the Chuos Formation in the Central Zone of the Damara Orogen: evidence for mass flow processes and glacial activity. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 2, 75-92.

Knoll, A.H., Hayes, J.M., Kaufman, A.J., Swett, K., & Lambert, I.B., 1986. Secular variation in carbon isotope ratios from Upper Proterozoic successions of Svalbard and East Greenland. Nature 321, 831-838.

Embleton, B.J.J. & Williams, G.E., 1986. Low latitude of deposition for late Precambrian periglacial varvites in South Australia: implications for palaeoclimatology. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 79, 419-430.

Makhnach, A.S., Veretennikov, N.V., & Shkuratov, V.I., 1986. Vendian rocks of the western part of the East European Platform: stratotype range, boundaries and principles of their establishment. Geological Magazine 123, 349-356.

Tucker, M.E., 1986. Formerly aragonitic limestones associated with tillites in the late Proterozoic of Death Valley, California. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology 56, 818-830.

Williams, G.E., 1986. Precambrian permafrost horizons as indicators of palaeoclimate. Precambrian Research 32, 233-242.


1987:  6

Clauer, N. & Deynoux, M., 1987. New information on the probably isotopic age of the late Proterozoic glaciation in West Africa. Precambrian Research 37, 89-94.

Hambrey, M.J. & Spencer, A.M., 1987. Late Precambrian glaciation of central East Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland, Geoscience 19, 50 p. 

Miller, J.M.G., 1987. Paleotectonic and stratigraphic implications of the Kingston Peak­Noonday contact in the Panamint Range, eastern California. Journal of Geology 95, 75-85.

Mustard, P.S. & Donaldson, J.A., 1987. Early Proterozoic ice-proximal glaciomarine deposition: the lower Gowganda Formation at Cobalt, Ontario, Canada. Geological Society of America Bulletin 98, 373-387.

Preiss, W.V., 1987. The Adelaide Geosyncline: Late Proterozoic stratigraphy, sedimentation, palaeontology and tectonics. Geological Survey of South Australia Bulletin 53, 438 p.

Yakobsen, K.E., 1987. Vendian strata in their type area. Geological Magazine 124, 73-78.


1988:  8

Badenhorst, F.P., 1988. The lithostratigraphy of the Chuos mixtite in part of the southern central zone of the Damara orogen, South West Africa. Communications of the Geological Survey of South West Africa/Namibia 4, 103-110.

Hambrey, M.J., 1988. Late Proterozoic stratigraphy of the Barents Shelf. In: Harland, W.B. and Dowdeswell, E.K. (eds) The Geological Evolution of the Barents Shelf Region. Graham & Trotman, 49-72. 

Karfunkel, J. & Hoppe, A., 1988. Late Proterozoic glaciation in central-eastern Brazil: synthesis and model. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 65, 1-21.

Marshall, H.G., Walker, J.C.G., & Kuhn, W.R., 1988. Long-term climate change and the geochemical cycle of carbon. Journal of Geophysical Research 93(D1), 791-801. 

Moncrieff, A.C.M. & Hambrey, M.J., 1988. Late Precambrian glacially-related grooved and striated surfaces in the Tillite Group of central East Greenland. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 65, 183-200.

Ojakangas, R.W., 1988. Glaciation: an uncommon “mega-event” as a key to intracontinental and intercontinental correlation of Early Proterozoic basin fill, North American and Baltic cratons. In: Kleinspehn, K.L. and Paola, C. (eds) New Perspectives in Basin Analaysis. Springer, New York, 431-444.

Rainbird, R.H. & Donaldson, J.A., 1988. Nonglacial deltaic deposits in the early Proterozoic Gowganda Formation, Cobalt Basin, Ontario. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 25, 710-724.

Young, G.M., 1988. Proterozoic plate tectonics, glaciation and iron-formations. Sedimentary Geology 58, 127-144.


1989:  9

Chumakov, N.M. & Elston, D.P., 1989. The paradox of Late Proterozoic glaciations at low latitudes. Episodes 12, 115-120.

Deynoux, M., Kocurek, G., & Proust, J.N., 1989. Late Proterozoic periglacial aeolian deposits on the West African Platform, Taoudeni Basin, western Mali. Sedimentology 36, 531-549.

Eyles, N. and Eyles, C.H., 1989. Glacially-influenced deep-marine sedimentation of the Late Precambrian Gaskiers Formation, Newfoundland, Canada. Sedimentology 36, 601-620.

Fairchild, I.J., Hambrey, M.J., Spiro, B., & Jefferson, T.H., 1989. Late Proterozoic glacial carbonates in northeast Spitsbergen: new insights into the carbonate-tillite association. Geological Magazine 126, 469-490.

Fralick, P.W. & Miall, A.D., 1989. Sedimentology of the Lower Huronian Supergroup (Early Proterozoic), Elliot Lake area, Ontario, Canada. Sedimentary Geology 63, 127-153.

Hoffmann, K.-H., 1989. New aspects of lithostratigraphic subdivision and correlation of late Proterozoic to early Cambrian rocks of the southern Damara Belt and their correlation with the central and northern Damara Belt and the Gariep Belt. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 5, 59-67.

Williams, G.E., 1989. Precambrian tidal sedimentary cycles and Earth’s paleorotation. Eos 70, 33, 40-41.

Williams, G.E., 1989. Tidal rhythmites: geochronometers for the ancient Earth-Moon system. Episodes 12, 162-171.

Williams, G.E., 1989. Late Precambrian tidal rhythmites in South Australia and the history of the Earth’s rotation. Journal of the Geological Society, London 146, 97-111.


1990:  12

Alsop, G.I. & Hutton, D.H.W., 1990. A review and revision of Dalradian stratigraphy in central and southern Donegal, Ireland. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences 10, 181-198.

Bernstein, L. and Young, G.M., 1990. Depositional environments of the Early Proterozoic Espanola Formation, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 27, 539-551.

Deubner, F.-L., 1990. Discussion of Late Precambrian tidal rhythmites in South Australia and the history of the Earth’s paleorotation. Journal of the Geological Society, London 147, 1083-1084.

Gibsher, A.S. & Khomentovsky, V.V., 1990. The section of the Tsagaan Olum and Bayan Gol Formations of the VendianLower Cambrian in the Dzabkhan zone of Mongolia. In: Khomentovsky, V.V., Gibsher, A.S. & Karlova, G.A. (eds) The Late Precambrian and Early Paleozoic of Siberia. Institut Geologii I Geofiziki, Sibirskoe Otdelenie, Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Novosibirsk, 79-91.

Ilyin, A.V., 1990. Proterozoic supercontinent, its latest Precambrian rifting, breakup, dispersal into smaller continents, and subsidence of their margins: evidence from Asia. Geology 18, 1231-1234.

Lemon, N.M. & Gostin, V.A., 1990. Glacigenic sediments of the late Proterozoic Elatina Formation and equivalents, Adelaide Geosyncline, South Australia. In: Jago, J.B. and Moore, P.S. (eds) The Evolution of a Late Precambrian­Early Paleozoic rift complex: the Adelaide Geosyncline. Geological Society of South Australia Special Publication 16, Adelaide, 149-163.

Moncrieff, A.C.M. & Hambrey, M.J., 1990. Marginal-marine glacial sedimentation in the late Precambrian succession of East Greenland. In: Dowdeswell, J.A. and Scourse, J.D. (eds.) Glacimarine Environments: Processes and Sediments. Geological Society Special (London) Special Publication 53, 387-410.

Peryt, T.M., Hoppe, A., Bechstädt, Köster, J., Pierre, C., & Richter, D.K., 1990. Late Proterozoic aragonitic cement crusts, Bambuí Group, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Sedimentology 37, 279-286.

Proust, J.-N., Deynoux, M., & Guillocheau, F., 1990. Effets conjugés de l’eustatisme et de l’isostasie sur les plates-formes stables en période glaciaire. Exemple des dépôts glaciaires du Protérozoïque supérieur de l’Afrique de l’Ouest au Mali occidental (Combined effects of eustatism and isostasy on stable epicratonic platforms during glacial periods with the example of the late Proterozoic glacial deposits in western Mali in West Africa). Bulletin Société géeologique de France 6(4), 637-681.

Socci, A.D., 1990. Stratigraphic implications of facies within the Boston Basin. In: Socci, A.D., Skehan, J.W., and Smith, G.W. (eds) Geology of the Composite Avalon Terrane of Southern New England. Geological Society of America Special Paper 245, 55-74.

Williams, G.E., 1990. Precambrian cyclic rhythmites: solar-climatic or tidal signatures? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London A 330, 445-458.

Williams, G.E., 1990. Tidal rhythmites: key to the history of the Earth’s rotation and the Lunar orbit. Journal of Physics of the Earth 38, 475-491.


1991:  11

Aitken, J.D., 1991. Two late Proterozoic glaciations, Mackenzie Mountains, northwestern Canada. Geology 19, 445-448.

Aitken, J.D., 1991. The Ice Brook Formation and post-Rapitan, late Proterozoic glaciation, Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 404, 43 p.

Culver, S.J. & Hunt, D., 1991. Lithostratigraphy of the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary sequence in the southwestern Taoudeni Basin, West Africa. Journal of African Earth Sciences 13, 407-413.

Deynoux, M., Proust, J.N., & Simon, B., 1991. Late Proterozoic glacially controlled shelf sequences in Western Mali (West Africa). Journal of African Earth Sciences 12, 181-198.

Germs, G.J.B. and Gresse, P.G., 1991. The foreland basin of the Damara and Gariep orogens in Namaqualand and southern Namibia: stratigraphic correlations and basin dynamics. South African Journal of Geology 94, 159-169.

Hambrey, M.J., Fairchild, I.J., Glover, B.W., Stewart, A.D., Treagus, J.E., & Winchester, J.A., 1991. The Late Precambrian geology of the Scottish Highlands and Islands. Geologists’ Association Guide 44, London, 130 p.

Kaufman, A.J., Hayes, J.M., Knoll, A.H., & Germs, J.B., 1991. Isotopic compositions of carbonates and organic carbon from upper Proterozoic successions in Namibia: stratigraphic variation and the effects of diagenesis and metamorphism. Precambrian Research 49, 301-327.

Schmidt, P.W., Williams, G.E., & Embleton, B.J.J., 1991. Low palaeolatitude of Late Proterozoic glaciation: early timing of remnance in Haematite of the Elatina Formation, South Australia. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 105, 355-367.

Williams, G.E., 1991. Upper Proterozoic tidal rhythmites, South Australia: sedimentary features, deposition, and implications for the Earth’s paleorotation. In: Smith, D.G., Reinson, G.E., Zaitlin, B.A., & Rahmani, R.A. (eds) Clastic Tidal Sedimentology. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geoloists Memoir 16, Calgary, Alberta, 161-178.

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Young, G.M. & Gostin, V.A., 1991. Late Proterozoic (Sturtian) succession of the North Flinders Basin, South Australia: an example of temperate glaciation in an active rift setting. In: Anderson, J.B. & Ashley, G.M. (eds.) Glacial Marine Sedimentation: Paleoclimatic Significance. Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO, p. 207-222.


1992:  5

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Beukes, N. & Klein, C., 1992. Models for iron-formation deposition. In The Proterozoic Biosphere, Schopf, J.W. & Klein, C., eds., pp. 147-151, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

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Hambrey, M.J., 1992. Secrets of a tropical ice age. New Scientist, 1 Feb., 42-49.

Kirschvink, J.L., 1992. Late Proterozoic low-latitude glaciation: the snowball Earth. In The Proterozoic Biosphere, Schopf, J.W. & Klein, C., eds., pp. 51-52, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.


1993:  15

Crowley, T.J. & Baum, S.K., 1993. Effect of decreased solar luminosity on Late Precambrian ice extent. Journal of Geophysical Research 98, 16,723-16,732.

Eyles, N., 1993. Earth’s glacial record and its tectonic setting. Earth-Science Reviews 35, 1-248.

Fairchild, I.J., 1993. Balmy shores and ice wastes: the paradox of carbonates associated with glacial deposits in Neoproterozoic times. Sedimentology Review 1, 1-16.

Gresse, P.G. & Germs, G.J.B., 1993. The Nama foreland basin: sedimentation, major unconformity bounded sequences and multisided active margin advance. Precambrian Research 63, 247-272.

Harker, R.I., 1993. Fracture patterns in clasts of diamictites (? Tillites). Journal of the Geological Society, London 150, 251-254.

Harland, W.B., Hambrey, M.J., & Waddams, P., 1993. Vendian Geology of Svalbard. Norsk-Polarinstitutt Skrifter 193, 150 p.

Hegenberger, W., 1993. Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Late Precambrian Witvlei and Nama Groups, East of Windhoek. Geological Survey of Namibia Memoir 17, 82 p.

Johnston, J.D., 1993. Ice wedge casts in the Dalradian of South Donegalevidence for subaerial exposure of the Boulder Bed. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences 12, 13-26.

Kaufman, A.J., Jacobsen, S.B., & Knoll, A.H., 1993. The Vendian record of Sr and C isotopic variations in seawater: implications for tectonic and paleoclimate. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 120, 409-430.

Klein, C. & Beukes, N.J., 1993. Sedimentology and geochemistry of the glacigenic Late Proterozoic Rapitan iron-formation in Canada. Economic Geology 88, 542-565.

Overbeck, V.R., Marshall, J.R., & Aggarwal, H., 1993. Impacts, tillites, and the breakup of Gondwanaland. Journal of Geology 101, 1-19.

Rampino, M.R., 1993. Tillites, diamictites, and ballistic ejecta of large impacts. Journal of Geology 101, 675-679.

Roscoe, S.M. & Card, K.D., 1993. The reappearance of the Huronian in Wyoming: rifting and drifting of ancient continents. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 30, 2475-2480.

Von Brunn, V. & Gold, D.J.C., 1993. Diamictite in the Archean Pongola sequence of southern Africa. Journal of African Earth Science 16, 367-374.

Williams, G.E., 1993. History of the Earth’s obliquity. Earth-Science Reviews 34, 1-45.


1994:  11

Brookfield, M.E., 1994. Problems in applying preservation, facies and sequence models to Sinian (Neoproterozoic) glacial sequences in Australia and Asia. Precambrian Research 70, 113-143.

Carver, J.H. & Vardavas, I.M., 1994. Precambrian glaciations and the evolution of the atmosphere. Annales Geophysicae 12, 674-682.

Dyson, I.A. von der Borch, C.C., 1994. Sequence stratigraphy of an incised-valley fill: the Neoproterozoic Seacliff Sandstone, Adelaide Geosyncline, South Australia. In: Dalrymple, R.W., Boyd, R., & Zaitlin, B.A., 1994. Incised-valley systems: origin and sedimentary sequences. SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) Special Publication 51, Tulsa, OK, 209-222.

Graf, J.L.Jr., O’Connor, E.A., & Van Leeuwen, P., 1994. Rare earth element evidence of origin and depositional environment of Late Proterozoic ironstone beds and manganese-oxide deposits, SW Brazil and SE Bolivia. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 7, 115-133.

Link, P.K., Miller, J.M.G., & Christie-Blick, N., 1994. Glacial-marine facies in a continental rift environment: Neoproterozoic rocks of the western United States Cordillera. In: Deynoux, M., Miller, J.M.B., Domack, E.W., Eyles, N., Fairchild, I.J., & Young, G.M. (eds.) International Geological correlation Project 260: Earth’s Glacial Record. Cambridge University Press, London, p. 29-46.

Meert, J.G. & van der Voo, R., 1994. The Neoproterozoic (1000-540 Ma) glacial intervals: no more snowball Earth? Earth and Planetary Science Letters 123, 1-13.

Misi, A. & Kyle, J.R., 1995. Upper Proterozoic carbonate stratigraphy, diagenesis, and stromatolitic phosphorite formation, Irecê Basin, Bahia, Brazil. Journal of Sedimentary Research A64, 299-310.

Proust, J.-N. & Deynoux, M., 1994. Marine to non-marine sequence architecture of an intracratonic glacially related basin. Late Proterozoic of the West African platform in western Mali. In: Deynoux, M., et a. (eds) The Earth’s glacial record: facies models and geodynamic evolution. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, p. 121-145.

Williams, G.E., 1994. History of Earth’s rotation and the Moon’s orbit: a key datum from Precambrian tidal strata in Australia. Australian Journal of Astronomy 5(4), 135-147.

Williams, G.E., 1994. The enigmatic Late Proterozoic glacial climate: an Australian perspective. In: Deynoux, M., Miller, J.M.G., Domack, E.W., Eyles, N., Fairchild, I.J., & Young, G.M. (eds) Earth’s Glacial Record. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, p. 146-164.

Young, G.M., 1994. Impacts, tillites, and the breakup of Gondwanaland: a discussion. Journal of Geology 102, 439-456.


1995:  11

Bertrand-Sarfati, J., Moussine-Pouchkine, A., Amard, B., & Aït Kaci Ahmed, A., 1995. First Ediacaran fauna found in western Africa and evidence for an Early Cambrian glaciation. Geology 23, 133-136.

Christie-Blick, N., Dyson, I.A., & von der Borch, C.C., 1995. Sequence stratigraphy and the interpretation of Neoproterozoic earth history. Precambrian Research 73, 3-26.

Germs, G.J.B., 1995. The Neoproterozoic of southwestern Africa, with emphasis on platform stratigraphy and paleontology. Precambrian Research 73, 137-151.

Grotzinger, J.P. & Knoll, A.H., 1995. Anomalous carbonate precipitates: Is the Precambrian the key to the Permian? Palaios 10, 578-596.

Iyer, S.S., Babinski, M., Krouse, H.R., & Chemale, F.Jr., 1995. Highly 13C-enriched carbonate and organic matter in the Neoproterozoic sediments of the Bambuí Group, Brazil. Precambrian Research 73, 271-282.

Schmidt, P.W. & Williams, G.E., 1995. The Neoproterozoic climatic paradox: Equatorial paleolatitude for Marinoan glaciation near sea level in South Australia. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 134, 107-124.

Torsvik, T.H., Lohmann, K.C., & Sturt, B.A., 1995. Vendian glaciations and their relation to the dispersal of Rodinia: paleomagnetic constraints. Geology 23, 727-730.

Vidal, G. & Moczydklowska, M., 1995. The Neoproterozoic of Baltica—stratigraphy, palaeobiology and general geological evolution. Precambrian Research 73, 197-216.

Walter, M.R., Veevers, J.J., Calver, C.R. & Grey, K., 1995. Neoproterozoic stratigraphy of the Centralian Superbasin. Precambrian Research 73, 173-195.

Williams, G.E., Schmidt, P.W., & Embleton, B.J.J., 1995. Comment on ‘The Neoproterozoic (1000-540 Ma) glacial intervals: No more snowball earth? By Joseph G. Meert and Rob van der Voo. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 131, 115-122.

Young, G.M., 1995. Are Neoproterozoic glacial deposits preserved on the margins of Laurentia related to the fragmentation of two supercontinents? Geology 23, 153-156.


1996:  10

Cornell, D.H., Schütte, S.S., & Eglington, B.L., 1996. The Ongeluk basaltic andesite formation in Griqueland West, South Africa: submarine alteration in a 2222 Ma Proterozoic sea. Precambrian Research 79, 101-123.

Fedonkin, M.A., 1996. Cold water cradle of animal life. Palaeontological Journal 30, 669-673.

Frimmel, H.E., Klötzli, U.S. & Siegfried, P.R., 1996. New Pb-Pb single zircon age constraints on the timing of Neoproterozoic glaciation and continental break-up in Namibia. Journal of Geology 104, 459-469.

Hoffmann, K.-H. & Prave, A.R., 1996. A preliminary note on a revised subdivision and regional correlation of the Otavi Group based on glaciogenic diamictites and associated cap dolomites. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 11, 77-82.

Jensen, P.A. & Wulff-Pedersen, E., 1996. Glacial or non-glacial origin for the Bigganjargga tillite, Finnmark, northern Norway. Geological Magazine 133, 137-145.

Kennedy, M.J., 1996. Stratigraphy, sedimentology, and isotopic geochemistry of Australian Neoproterozoic postglacial cap dolostones: deglaciation, ?13C excursions, and carbonate precipitation. Journal of Sedimentary Research 66, 1050-1064.

Khomentovsky, V.V. & Gibsher, A.S., 1996. The Neoproterozoic-lower Cambrian in northern Govi-Altay, western Mongolia: regional setting, lithostratigraphy and biostratigraphy. Geological Magazine 133, 371-390.

Lindsay, J.F., Brasier, M.D., Shields, G., Khomentovsky, V.V. & Bat-Ireedui, Y.A., 1996. Glacial facies associations in a Neoproterozoic back-arc setting, Zavkhan Basin, western Mongolia. Geological Magazine 133, 391-402.

Trompette, R., 1996. Temporal relations between cratonization and glaciation: the Vendian­Early Cambrian glaciation in western Gondwana. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 123, 373-383.

Williams, G.E., 1996. Soft-sediment deformation structures from the Marinoan glacial succession, Adelaide foldbelt: implications for the palaeolatitude of late Neoproterozoic glaciation. Sedimentary Geology 106, 165-175.


1997:  11

Evans, D.A., Beukes, N.J. & Kirschvink, J.L., 1997. Low-latitude glaciation in the Palaeoproterozoic era. Nature 386, 262-266.

Bertrand-Sarfati, J., Flicoteaux, R., Moussine-Pouchkine, A., & Aït Kaci Ahmed, A., 1997. Lower Cambrian apatitic stromatolites and phospharenites related to the glacio-eustatic cratonic rebound (Sahara, Algeria). Journal of Sedimentary Research 67, 957-974.

Kaufman, A.J., Knoll, A.H. & Narbonne, G.M., 1997. Isotopes, ice ages, and terminal Proterozoic earth history. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 94, 6600-6605.

Moussine-Pouchkine, A. & Bertrand-Sarfati, J., 1997. Tectonosedimentary subdivisions in the Neoproterozoic to Earyl Cambrian cover of the Taoudeni Basin (Algeria-Mauritania-Mali). Journal of African Earth Sciences 24, 425-443.

Néron de Surgy, O. and Laskar, J., 1997. On the long term evolution of the spin of the Earth. Astronomy and Astrophysics 318, 975-989.

Park, J.K., 1997. Paleomagnetic evidence for low-latitude glaciation during deposition of the Neoproterozoic Rapitan Group, Mackenzie Mountains, N.W.T., Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 34, 34-49.

Panahi, A. & Young, G.M., 1997. A geochemical investigation into the provenance of the Neoproterozoic Port Askaig Tillite, Dalradian Supergroup, western Scotland. Precambrian Research 85, 81-96.

Ross, G.M. & Villeneuve, M.E., 1997. U-Pb geochronology of stranger stones in Neoproterozoic diamictites, Canadian Cordillera: implications for provenance and ages of deposition. In: Radiogenic Age and Isotopic Studies: Report 10. Geological Survey of Canada Current Research 1997-F, p. 141-155.

Shields, G., Stille, P., Brasier, M.D., & Atudorei, N.-V., 1997. Stratified oceans and oxygenation of the late Precambrian environment: a post glacial geochemical record from the Neoproterozoic of W. Mongolia. Terra Nova 9, 218-222.

Walter, M.R. & Veevers, J.J., 1997. Australian Neoproterozoic paleogeography, tectonics, and supercontinental connections. AGSO(Australian Geological Survey Organization) Journal of Australian Geology & Geophysics 17(1), 73-92.

Williams, G.E. & Schmidt, P.W., 1997. Paleomagnetism of the Palaeoproterozoic Gowganda and Lorrain formations, Ontario: low paleolatitude for Huronian glaciation. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 153, 157-169.


1998:  19

Benan, C.A.A. & Deynoux, M., 1998. Facies analysis and sequence stratigraphy of Neoproterozoic platform deposits in Adrar of Mauritania, Taoudeni basin, West Africa. Geologische Rundschau 87, 283-302.

Flicoteaux, R. & Trompette, R., 1998. Cratonic and foreland Early Cambrian phosphorites of West Africa: palaeoceanographical and climatical contexts. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 139, 107-120.

Grey, K. & Corkeron, M., 1998. Late Neoproterozoic stromatolites in glacigenic successions of the Kimberley region, Western Australia: evidence for a younger Marinoan glaciation. Precambrian Research 92, 65-87.

Hoffman, P.F., Kaufman, J.A. & Halverson, G.P., 1998. Comings and goings of global glaciations on a Neoproterozoic carbonate platform in Namibia. GSA Today 8,1-9.

Hoffman, P.F., Kaufman, A.J., Halverson, G.P. & Schrag, D.P., 1998. A Neoproterozoic snowball Earth. Science 281, 1342-46.

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