Scenario for the evolution of atmospheric pCO2 during a snowball Earth

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-50

  Le Hir, Guillaume ^a   Ramstein, Gilles ^a   Donnadieu, Yannick ^a   Goddéris, Yves ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Neoproterozoic; Seafloor weathering; Snowball Earth

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; DEGLACIATION; GLACIATION; NEOPROTEROZOIC; SEAFLOOR WEATHERING; SNOWBALL EARTH;

ALKALINITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEAWATER;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLACIATION; ICE COVER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC;

EID: 38349060080     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24124A.1     Document Type: Article

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