Orbital forcing of ice sheets during snowball Earth

Autor: Ross N. Mitchell, Thomas M. Gernon, Grant M. Cox, Adam R. Nordsvan, Uwe Kirscher, Chuang Xuan, Yebo Liu, Xu Liu, Xiaofang He
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24439-4
Popis: Reconciling the Snowball Earth hypothesis with sedimentological cyclicity has been a persistent challenge. A new cyclostratigraphic climate record for a Cryogenian banded iron formation in Australia provides evidence for orbital forcing of ice sheet advance and retreat cycles during Snowball Earth.
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