Did an asteroid impact cause temporary warming during snowball Earth?
The ca. 717 Ma low-latitude Sturtian “snowball Earth” glaciation lasted ∼56 Myr. However, sedimentological evidence for transient, open ocean conditions during the glaciation appears to contradict the concept of a global deep freeze. We demonstrate multiple lines of geologic evidence from five conti...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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2022
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/454684/ https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/454684/1/EPSL_D_20_01685_accepted.pdf |