Orbital forcing of ice sheets during snowball Earth
Reconciling the Snowball Earth hypothesis with sedimentological cyclicity has been a persistent challenge. A new cyclostratigraphic climate record for a Cryogenian banded iron formation in Australia provides evidence for orbital forcing of ice sheet advance and retreat cycles during Snowball Earth.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2021-07-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24439-4 |