Aftermath of a snowball Earth

JA Higgins, DP Schrag - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Using a simple 3‐box model of the ocean‐atmosphere system, we simulate the cycling of
carbon and strontium in the aftermath of a global glaciation. Model simulations include the …

The snowball Earth hypothesis: testing the limits of global change

PF Hoffman, DP Schrag - Terra nova, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The gradual discovery that late Neoproterozoic ice sheets extended to sea level near the
equator poses a palaeoenvironmental conundrum. Was the Earth's orbital obliquity> …

The snowball Earth aftermath: Exploring the limits of continental weathering processes

G Le Hir, Y Donnadieu, Y Goddéris… - Earth and Planetary …, 2009 - Elsevier
Carbonates capping Neoproterozoic glacial deposits contain peculiar sedimentological
features and geochemical anomalies ascribed to extraordinary environmental conditions in …

CO2 levels required for deglaciation of a “near‐snowball” Earth

TJ Crowley, WT Hyde, WR Peltier - Geophysical Research …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Geologic evidence suggests that in the Late Neoproterozoic (∼ 600 Ma) almost all land
masses were glaciated, with sea‐level glaciation existing even at the equator. A recent …

Lowering of glacial atmospheric CO2 in response to changes in oceanic circulation and marine biogeochemistry

V Brovkin, A Ganopolski, D Archer… - …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
We use an Earth system model of intermediate complexity, CLIMBER‐2, to investigate what
recent improvements in the representation of the physics and biology of the glacial ocean …

Scenario for the evolution of atmospheric pCO2 during a snowball Earth

G Le Hir, G Ramstein, Y Donnadieu… - …, 2008 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The snowball Earth theory, initially proposed by JL Kirschvink to explain the Neoproterozoic
glacial episodes, suggests that the Earth was globally ice covered at 720 Ma (Sturtian …

Simulation of climate, ice sheets and CO2 evolution during the last four glacial cycles with an Earth system model of intermediate complexity

A Ganopolski, V Brovkin - Climate of the Past, 2017 - cp.copernicus.org
In spite of significant progress in paleoclimate reconstructions and modelling of different
aspects of the past glacial cycles, the mechanisms which transform regional and seasonal …

Impact of brine-induced stratification on the glacial carbon cycle

N Bouttes, D Paillard, DM Roche - Climate of the Past, 2010 - cp.copernicus.org
During the cold period of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, about 21 000 years ago)
atmospheric CO 2 was around 190 ppm, much lower than the pre-industrial concentration of …

Persistence of a freshwater surface ocean after a snowball Earth

J Yang, MF Jansen, FA Macdonald, DS Abbot - Geology, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Geochemical data from cap carbonates deposited above Cryogenian glacial deposits have
been widely used to infer the conditions that prevailed in the aftermath of snowball Earth …

On the initiation of a snowball Earth

DP Schrag, RA Berner, PF Hoffman… - Geochemistry …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The Snowball Earth hypothesis explains the development of glaciation at low latitudes in the
Neoproterozoic, as well as the associated iron formations and cap carbonates, in terms of a …