Faint young Sun and the carbon cycle: Implication for the Proterozoic global glaciations

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 214, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 443-453

  Tajika, Eiichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Faint young Sun; Silicate weathering; Snowball Earth

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; GLACIATION; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PROTEROZOIC; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 0141631680     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00396-0     Document Type: Article

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