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Dynamics of a Snowball Earth ocean

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  • Yosef Ashkenazy

    (The Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

  • Hezi Gildor

    (Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

  • Martin Losch

    (Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung)

  • Francis A. Macdonald

    (Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA)

  • Daniel P. Schrag

    (Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA)

  • Eli Tziperman

    (Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA)

Abstract

Extensive glaciations, possibly even a globally ice-covered Snowball Earth, took place in the Neoproterozoic era, and here the possible ocean circulation at that time, under a kilometre of ice, is described.

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  • Yosef Ashkenazy & Hezi Gildor & Martin Losch & Francis A. Macdonald & Daniel P. Schrag & Eli Tziperman, 2013. "Dynamics of a Snowball Earth ocean," Nature, Nature, vol. 495(7439), pages 90-93, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:495:y:2013:i:7439:d:10.1038_nature11894
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11894
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    1. Yosef Ashkenazy & Eli Tziperman, 2021. "Dynamic Europa ocean shows transient Taylor columns and convection driven by ice melting and salinity," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-12, December.
    2. Lennart Ramme & Tatiana Ilyina & Jochem Marotzke, 2024. "Moderate greenhouse climate and rapid carbonate formation after Marinoan snowball Earth," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-11, December.
    3. Trent B. Thomas & David C. Catling, 2024. "Three-stage formation of cap carbonates after Marinoan snowball glaciation consistent with depositional timescales and geochemistry," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-15, December.

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