Global glaciations and atmospheric change at ca. 2.3 Ga
This paper compiles lithostratigraphic and geochronological data obtained for the Palaeoproterozoic glacial diamictite-bearing successions, and thereby provides insights into understanding the geological processes causing the Huronian Glaciation Event. The majority of evidence for appearances of thi...
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| description | This paper compiles lithostratigraphic and geochronological data obtained for the Palaeoproterozoic glacial diamictite-bearing successions, and thereby provides insights into understanding the geological processes causing the Huronian Glaciation Event. The majority of evidence for appearances of this glaciation event can be related to the Kenorland supercontinent breakup, allied to significant atmospheric change, as well as blooms of biogeochemical oxygenic photosynthesis. In this paper, the Huronian Glaciation Event is constrained to have occurred synchronously during 2.29–2.25 Ga, accompanied by dramatic environmental changes characteristic of the Great Oxidation Event which includes the pre-2.3 Ga hydrosphere oxidation and the post-2.3 Ga atmosphere oxygenation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-21bb5ee924844c419a109b72b30608bf2023-08-02T02:20:50ZengElsevierGeoscience Frontiers1674-98712013-09-014558359610.1016/j.gsf.2013.02.003Global glaciations and atmospheric change at ca. 2.3 GaHaoshu Tang0Yanjing Chen1State Key Laboratory of Ore Deposit Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 46 Guanshui Road, Guiyang 550002, ChinaKey Laboratory of Orogen and Crust Evolution, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaThis paper compiles lithostratigraphic and geochronological data obtained for the Palaeoproterozoic glacial diamictite-bearing successions, and thereby provides insights into understanding the geological processes causing the Huronian Glaciation Event. The majority of evidence for appearances of this glaciation event can be related to the Kenorland supercontinent breakup, allied to significant atmospheric change, as well as blooms of biogeochemical oxygenic photosynthesis. In this paper, the Huronian Glaciation Event is constrained to have occurred synchronously during 2.29–2.25 Ga, accompanied by dramatic environmental changes characteristic of the Great Oxidation Event which includes the pre-2.3 Ga hydrosphere oxidation and the post-2.3 Ga atmosphere oxygenation.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987113000297Global glaciationEarth's environmental changeGreat Oxidation EventLithostratigraphyGeochronology |
| spellingShingle | Haoshu Tang Yanjing Chen Global glaciations and atmospheric change at ca. 2.3 Ga Geoscience Frontiers Global glaciation Earth's environmental change Great Oxidation Event Lithostratigraphy Geochronology |
| title | Global glaciations and atmospheric change at ca. 2.3 Ga |
| title_full | Global glaciations and atmospheric change at ca. 2.3 Ga |
| title_fullStr | Global glaciations and atmospheric change at ca. 2.3 Ga |
| title_full_unstemmed | Global glaciations and atmospheric change at ca. 2.3 Ga |
| title_short | Global glaciations and atmospheric change at ca. 2.3 Ga |
| title_sort | global glaciations and atmospheric change at ca 2 3 ga |
| topic | Global glaciation Earth's environmental change Great Oxidation Event Lithostratigraphy Geochronology |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987113000297 |
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