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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-2555-2013
© Author(s) 2013. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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14 Nov 2013
Research article |
| 14 Nov 2013
The initiation of Neoproterozoic "snowball" climates in CCSM3: the influence of paleocontinental configuration
Y. Liu
Department of Physics, University of Toronto, 60 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 1A7, Canada
now at: Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, 410a Robertson Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
W. R. Peltier
Department of Physics, University of Toronto, 60 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 1A7, Canada
J. Yang
Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China
now at: The Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
G. Vettoretti
Department of Physics, University of Toronto, 60 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 1A7, Canada
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- Evaluating key parameters for the initiation of a Neoproterozoic Snowball Earth with a single Earth System Model of intermediate complexity T. Spiegl et al. 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.01.035
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- Climate simulations of Neoproterozoic snowball Earth events: Similar critical carbon dioxide levels for the Sturtian and Marinoan glaciations G. Feulner & H. Kienert 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.08.001
- Robust ENSO Teleconnection to North Pacific and Southwest Coast of North America in the Late Cretaceous Greenhouse J. Qin et al. 10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.113148
- Were there any snow algae on the Cryogenian ‘Snowball Earth’? M. Smelror 10.1016/j.precamres.2025.107935
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- Snowball Earth: Asynchronous coupling of sea‐glacier flow with a global climate model D. Pollard et al. 10.1002/2017JD026621
- A Review of the Neoproterozoic Global Glaciations and a Biotic Cause of Them J. Casado 10.1007/s41748-021-00258-x
- Strong effects of tropical ice-sheet coverage and thickness on the hard snowball Earth bifurcation point Y. Liu et al. 10.1007/s00382-016-3278-1
- On the Sensitivity of the Devonian Climate to Continental Configuration, Vegetation Cover, Orbital Configuration, CO 2 Concentration, and Insolation J. Brugger et al. 10.1029/2019PA003562
- Climate Change of over 20 °C Induced by Continental Movement on a Synchronously Rotating Exoplanet Z. Zhao et al. 10.3847/2041-8213/abebe6
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- Snowball Earth Initiation and the Thermodynamics of Sea Ice J. Hörner et al. 10.1029/2021MS002734
- Sensitivity of Neoproterozoic snowball-Earth inceptions to continental configuration, orbital geometry, and volcanism J. Eberhard et al. 10.5194/cp-19-2203-2023
- Altitude of the East Asian Coastal Mountains and Their Influence on Asian Climate During Early Late Cretaceous J. Zhang et al. 10.1029/2020JD034413
- Tracing the Snowball bifurcation of aquaplanets through time reveals a fundamental shift in critical-state dynamics G. Feulner et al. 10.5194/esd-14-533-2023
- On the mechanisms of warming the mid-Pliocene and the inference of a hierarchy of climate sensitivities with relevance to the understanding of climate futures D. Chandan & W. Peltier 10.5194/cp-14-825-2018
- Large dry-humid fluctuations in Asia during the Late Cretaceous due to orbital forcing: A modeling study J. Zhang et al. 10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.06.003
- Effects of global warming and Tibetan Plateau uplift on East Asian climate during the mid-Cretaceous J. Zhang et al. 10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.112007
- Low atmospheric CO2 levels before the rise of forested ecosystems T. Dahl et al. 10.1038/s41467-022-35085-9
- Coastal Mountains Amplified the Impacts of Orbital Forcing on East Asian Climate in the Late Cretaceous J. Zhang et al. 10.1029/2023GL105932
- Large equatorial seasonal cycle during Marinoan snowball Earth Y. Liu et al. 10.1126/sciadv.aay2471
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