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Orbital forcing of ice sheets during snowball Earth
- Source :
- Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2021.
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Abstract
- 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.
- Subjects :
- Science
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20411723
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Nature Communications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.432e6e220aac4fe2a2ee7a0d6e144bd5
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24439-4