Orbital forcing of ice sheets during snowball Earth
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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Main Authors: | Ross N. Mitchell, Thomas M. Gernon, Grant M. Cox, Adam R. Nordsvan, Uwe Kirscher, Chuang Xuan, Yebo Liu, Xu Liu, Xiaofang He |
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Language: | EN |
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Nature Portfolio
2021
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/432e6e220aac4fe2a2ee7a0d6e144bd5 |
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