A carbon cycle coupled climate model of Neoproterozoic glaciation: Influence of continental configuration on the formation of a "soft snowball"

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 17, 2010, Pages

  Liu, Yonggang ^a   Peltier, W Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; HEAVY WATER; ICE;

A-CARBON; CONTINENTAL AREA; CONTINENTAL GLACIATIONS; CONTINENTAL ICE SHEET; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL; EQUATORIAL REGIONS; ERROR BARS; HIGH LATITUDES; HIGHER LATITUDES; ICE SHEET; LOW LATITUDES; MASSIVE ICES; NEOPROTEROZOIC; NEOPROTEROZOIC GLACIATIONS; OPEN WATER; STEADY STATE SOLUTION; SUPERCONTINENTS; WATER DEPTH;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; GLACIATION; ICE SHEET; LATITUDE; OPEN WATER; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

EID: 77957599875     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013082     Document Type: Article

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