Geochronological constraints on the Trinity diamictite in Newfoundland : Implications for Ediacaran glaciation
Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 2016. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 21-26). The Avalon terrane in Newfoundland includes the Ediacaran Gaskiers Formation, which has been a...
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ftmit:oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/114096 2023-06-11T04:14:10+02:00 Geochronological constraints on the Trinity diamictite in Newfoundland : Implications for Ediacaran glaciation Pu, Judy (Judy P.) Kristin Bergmann. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. n-cn-nf 2016 26 pages application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114096 eng eng Massachusetts Institute of Technology http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114096 1027220693 MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Thesis 2016 ftmit 2023-05-29T08:25:43Z Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 2016. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 21-26). The Avalon terrane in Newfoundland includes the Ediacaran Gaskiers Formation, which has been associated with a Snowball glaciation event. The complicated regional stratigraphy and lack of precise geochronological constraints has made it difficult to determine the spatial and temporal extent of the Gaskiers glaciation. Recent recognition of a diamictite facies on the nearby Bonavista Peninsula correlative with the Gaskiers diamictite has allowed for new, high-precision geochronological constraints on the Gaskiers glaciation and constrains the duration of the event to less than 390 ±320 kyr. The Snowball Earth hypothesis requires that glaciation continued for several millions of years so that CO2 could build up to high enough levels in the atmosphere for catastrophic deglaciation; the short duration of the Gaskiers event makes it unlikely to have been a Snowball event. Further geochronological studies are needed to determine whether the Gaskiers glaciation was a discrete event or if it was a glacial maximum in a longer Ediacaran ice age. by Judy Pu. S.B. Thesis Newfoundland DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
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Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 2016. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 21-26). The Avalon terrane in Newfoundland includes the Ediacaran Gaskiers Formation, which has been associated with a Snowball glaciation event. The complicated regional stratigraphy and lack of precise geochronological constraints has made it difficult to determine the spatial and temporal extent of the Gaskiers glaciation. Recent recognition of a diamictite facies on the nearby Bonavista Peninsula correlative with the Gaskiers diamictite has allowed for new, high-precision geochronological constraints on the Gaskiers glaciation and constrains the duration of the event to less than 390 ±320 kyr. The Snowball Earth hypothesis requires that glaciation continued for several millions of years so that CO2 could build up to high enough levels in the atmosphere for catastrophic deglaciation; the short duration of the Gaskiers event makes it unlikely to have been a Snowball event. Further geochronological studies are needed to determine whether the Gaskiers glaciation was a discrete event or if it was a glacial maximum in a longer Ediacaran ice age. by Judy Pu. S.B. |
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