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A Carboniferous apex for the late Paleozoic icehouse

June 6, 2023

Icehouse climate systems occur across an abbreviated portion of Earth history, constituting c. 25% of the Phanerozoic record. The Late Paleozoic Ice Age (LPIA) was the most extreme and longest lasting glaciation of the Phanerozoic and is characterized by periods of acute continental-scale glaciation, separated by periods of ice minima or ice-free conditions on the order of

Publication Year 2023
Title A Carboniferous apex for the late Paleozoic icehouse
DOI 10.1144/SP535-2022-256
Authors Neil Patrick Griffis, Roland Mundil, Isabel P. Montanez, Daniel Le Heron, Pierre Dietrich, Roberto Iannuzzi
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Geological Society, London, Special Publications
Index ID 70254595
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center
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