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

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 277, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 453-463

  Le Hir, Guillaume ^a   Donnadieu, Yannick ^a   Goddéris, Yves ^b   Pierrehumbert, Raymond T ^c   Halverson, Galen P ^d   Macouin, Mélina ^b   Nédélec, Anne ^b   Ramstein, Gilles ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

cap dolostones; greenhouse; modelling; snowball Earth; weathering

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; CAP DOLOSTONES; DISSOLVED ELEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXTREME TEMPERATURES; GLACIAL DEPOSITS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; ICE SHEETS; MECHANISTIC MODELS; MELTING PHASE; MODELLING; NEOPROTEROZOIC; NUMERICAL MODELS; SILICATE WEATHERINGS; SNOWBALL EARTH; SURFACE ENERGY BUDGETS; WEATHERING PROCESSES; WEATHERING RATES;

ATMOSPHERICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLUTION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; EROSION; EVAPORATION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GREENHOUSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MILITARY OPERATIONS; MOISTURE; RUNOFF; SILICATES; SOIL MECHANICS; SOLAR ENERGY; SUN; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; VAPORS; WEATHERING;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; DOLOSTONE; ENERGY BUDGET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MELTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PROTEROZOIC; SNOW; SOLAR RADIATION; WEATHERING;

EID: 58149280219     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.11.010     Document Type: Article

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