The Garbh Eileach Formation (IMAGE)

University College London

The Garbh Eileach Formation

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Co-author Anthony (Tony) Spencer standing on the Garbh Eileach Formation. The rocks record a gradual transition from the warm tropical world of the Tonian period into the snowball Earth of the Cryogenian period.

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Elias Rugen

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