Enhanced organic carbon burial intensified the end-Ordovician glaciation
Yiwen Lv, S.-A. Liu, H. Wu, Z. Sun, C. Li, J.X. Fan
Abstract
The end-Ordovician (Hirnantian) glaciation, causally linked with the first of five Phanerozoic mass extinction events, is the first major Phanerozoic-glaciation with short duration and paradoxically happened under a relative greenhouse-condition.
Topics & Concepts
OrdovicianGlacial periodGeologyCarbon fibersPaleontologyEarth scienceMaterials scienceComposite numberComposite materialPaleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsMethane Hydrates and Related PhenomenaGeological and Geophysical Studies