Did a Katian large igneous province trigger the Late Ordovician glaciation?. A hypothesis tested with a carbon cycle model

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 296, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 310-319

  Lefebvre, Vincent ^a   Servais, Thomas ^a   François, Louis ^b   Averbuch, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle modelling; Hirnantian glaciation; Ordovician

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE MODELING; GLACIATION; GONDWANA; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MASS EXTINCTION; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EID: 77956912416     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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