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A neoproterozoic snowball earth

Hoffman1, Kaufman, Halverson

  • 1P. F. Hoffman, G. P. Halverson, D. P. Schrag, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. A. J. Kaufman, Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|August 28, 1998
PubMed
Summary

A Neoproterozoic snowball Earth event caused a prolonged collapse in ocean productivity. Abrupt volcanic warming led to extreme greenhouse conditions and global precipitation of cap carbonates.

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Area of Science:

  • Geochemistry
  • Paleoclimatology
  • Sedimentology

Background:

  • Neoproterozoic Era experienced severe global glaciations, potentially a "snowball Earth" event.
  • Carbonate rocks associated with these glacial deposits globally exhibit negative carbon isotope anomalies.
  • Understanding the ocean's response to extreme climate shifts is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate the cause of negative carbon isotope anomalies in Neoproterozoic carbonate rocks.
  • Reconstruct the ocean's biological productivity during and after global glaciation.
  • Explain the formation of cap carbonate rocks globally.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of carbon isotope anomalies in Namibian carbonate rocks.
  • Estimation of thermal subsidence history.

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  • Modeling of atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and oceanographic changes.

    • Main Results:

    • Evidence suggests a multi-million-year collapse in surface ocean biological productivity.
    • The collapse is linked to a global glaciation (snowball Earth).
    • Abrupt termination of glaciation, driven by volcanic outgassing, led to extreme greenhouse conditions.

    Conclusions:

    • Volcanic CO2 release triggered rapid snowball Earth termination and extreme warming.
    • Atmospheric CO2 transferred to oceans caused widespread calcium carbonate precipitation.
    • This process explains the global formation of cap carbonate rocks.