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The Sturtian 'snowball' glaciation: fire and ice
Godderis, Y.; Donnadieu, Y.; Nedelec, A. et al.
2003In Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 211 (1-2), p. 1-12
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Keywords :
glaciation; basaltic traps; carbon cycle; modeling; snowball Earth
Abstract :
[en] The Sturtian 'snowball' glaciation (730 Ma) is contemporary with the dislocation of the Rodinia supercontinent. This dislocation is heralded and accompanied by intense magmatic events, including the onset of large basaltic provinces between 825 and 755 Ma. Among these magmatic events, the most important one is the onset of a Laurentian magmatic province at 780 Ma around a latitude of 30degreesN. The presence of these fresh basaltic provinces increases the weatherability of the continental surfaces, resulting in an enhanced consumption of atmospheric CO2 through weathering, inducing a global long-term climatic cooling. Based on recent weathering laws for basaltic lithology and on climatic model results, we show that the weathering of a 6 x 10(6) km(2) basaltic province located within the equatorial region (where weathering of the province and consumption of CO2 are boosted by optimal climatic conditions) is sufficient to trigger a snowball glaciation, assuming a pre-perturbation PCO2 value of 280 ppmv. We show that the Laurentian magmatic province might be the main culprit for the initiation of the Sturtian 'snowball' glaciation, since the Laurentian magmatic province had drifted within the equatorial region by the time of the glaciation. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Disciplines :
Earth sciences & physical geography
Author, co-author :
Godderis, Y.;  CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, IRD > Laboratoire des Mécanismes et Transferts en Géologie, UMR 5563
Donnadieu, Y.;  CNRS-CEA, Gif sur Yvette, France > Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement
Nedelec, A.;  CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, IRD > Laboratoire des Mécanismes et Transferts en Géologie, UMR 5563
Dupre, B.;  CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, IRD > Laboratoire des Mécanismes et Transferts en Géologie, UMR 5563
Dessert, C.;  CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, IRD > Laboratoire des Mécanismes et Transferts en Géologie, UMR 5563
Grard, Aline ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Aquapôle
Ramstein, G.;  CNRS-CEA, Gif sur Yvette, France > Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement
François, Louis  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Modélisation du climat et des cycles biogéochimiques
Language :
English
Title :
The Sturtian 'snowball' glaciation: fire and ice
Publication date :
2003
Journal title :
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
ISSN :
0012-821X
eISSN :
1385-013X
Publisher :
Elsevier Science Bv, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Volume :
211
Issue :
1-2
Pages :
1-12
Peer reviewed :
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