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snowball Earth: a standalone construct

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Paleoclimatology

the hypothesis that Earth was almost completely ice-covered during Neoproterozoic glaciations.

In paleoclimatology, snowball Earth refers to the hypothesis that Earth was almost completely ice-covered during Neoproterozoic glaciations. This meaning comes from Hoffman (1998) in Science.[1]

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References

Hoffman, P. F., Kaufman, A. J., Halverson, G. P., & Schrag, D. P. (1998). A Neoproterozoic Snowball Earth. Science, 281(5381), 1342-1346. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.281.5381.1342

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