A neoproterozoic snowball earth
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Summary
Negative carbon isotope anomalies in carbonate rocks bracketing Neoproterozoic glacial deposits in Namibia, combined with estimates of thermal subsidence history, suggest that biological productivity in the surface ocean collapsed for millions of years.
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- article
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- 1998-08-28
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- 2,396
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Keywords
Snowball Earth, Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere, Geology, Glacial period, Earth science
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