Sturtian glaciation

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The Sturtian glaciation was a major global ice age during the Neoproterozoic, when extensive ice sheets may have covered much of Earth’s surface in one of the most severe glacial events in the planet’s history.

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Label Occurrences
Sturtian glaciation canonical 9

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Neoproterozoic glaciation ⓘ
glaciation event ⓘ
paleoclimatic event ⓘ
snowball Earth event ⓘ
characterizedBy dropstones in marine sediments ⓘ
evidence for near-global ice cover ⓘ
glacial striations on bedrock ⓘ
low-latitude glacial deposits ⓘ
negative carbon isotope excursions ⓘ
duration about 57 million years ⓘ
endTime approximately 660 million years ago ⓘ
evidenceFoundIn Adelaide Rift Complex ⓘ
Africa ⓘ
China ⓘ
Greenland ⓘ
North America ⓘ
South America ⓘ
Svalbard ⓘ
followedBy Marinoan glaciation ⓘ
follows Kaigas glaciation ⓘ
hasCause changes in continental configuration ⓘ
changes in solar insolation and albedo feedbacks ⓘ
enhanced silicate weathering ⓘ
possible decline in volcanic CO2 emissions ⓘ
reduced atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations ⓘ
hasEffect deposition of glacial diamictites ⓘ
extensive continental glaciation ⓘ
formation of cap carbonates after deglaciation ⓘ
global cooling ⓘ
major changes in ocean chemistry ⓘ
perturbation of the carbon cycle ⓘ
locatedIn Australia (type area) ⓘ
linked to: Australia

South Australia ⓘ
namedAfter Charles Sturt ⓘ
Sturt Formation ⓘ
linked to: Areyonga Formation

Sturt River NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Cryogenian period ⓘ
linked to: Cryogenian Period

Neoproterozoic era ⓘ
linked to: Neoproterozoic Era
significantFor constraints on Neoproterozoic climate models ⓘ
evolution of early complex life ⓘ
understanding snowball Earth hypotheses ⓘ
startTime approximately 717 million years ago ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline Earth system science ⓘ
geochemistry ⓘ
geology ⓘ
paleoclimatology ⓘ
stratigraphy ⓘ
temporalLocation Cryogenian ⓘ
linked to: Cryogenian Period

Neoproterozoic ⓘ
linked to: Neoproterozoic Era

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Neoproterozoic Era → includesEvent → Sturtian glaciation ⓘ
Snowball Earth glaciations → hasPart → Sturtian glaciation ⓘ
Marinoan glaciation → follows → Sturtian glaciation ⓘ
Marinoan glaciation → precededBy → Sturtian glaciation ⓘ
Marinoan glaciation → relatedConcept → Sturtian glaciation ⓘ
Gaskiers glaciation → precededBy → Sturtian glaciation ⓘ
Neoproterozoic Oxygenation Event → linkedTo → Sturtian glaciation ⓘ
breakup of Rodinia → associatedWith → Sturtian glaciation ⓘ
Kaigas glaciation → followedBy → Sturtian glaciation ⓘ