Continental flood basalt weathering as a trigger for Neoproterozoic Snowball Earth
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- 作者：Grant M. Coxa ; b ; grant.cox@curtin.edu.au" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Galen P. Halversona ; b ; Ross K. Stevensonc ; Michelle Vokatya ; André ; Poirierc ; Marcus Kunzmanna ; Zheng-Xiang Lib ; Steven W. Denyszynd ; Justin V. Strausse ; Francis A. Macdonaldf
- 关键词：Snowball Earth ; cryogenian ; continental flood basalts ; silicate weathering ; large igneous province
- 刊名：Earth and Planetary Science Letters
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：15 July 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：446
- 期：Complete
- 页码：89-99
- 全文大小：2795 K
文摘
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Dominant contribution from flood basalt weathering preceding the onset of Cryogenian glaciation.
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High rates of flood basalt weathering contributed to high average δ13C through P fertilization.
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Weathering of flood basalt provinces provided the final trigger for Snowball glaciation.