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Emplacement of the Franklin large igneous province and initiation of the Sturtian Snowball Earth

During the Cryogenian (720 to 635 Ma ago) Snowball Earth glaciations, ice extended to sea level near the equator. The cause of this catastrophic failure of Earth’s thermostat has been unclear, but previous geochronology has suggested a rough coincidence of glacial onset with one of the largest magma...

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Autores principales: Pu, Judy P., Macdonald, Francis A., Schmitz, Mark D., Rainbird, Robert H., Bleeker, Wouter, Peak, Barra A., Flowers, Rebecca M., Hoffman, Paul F., Rioux, Matthew, Hamilton, Michael A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9683727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36417531
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adc9430