Gaskiers glaciation

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Gaskiers glaciation was a brief but intense Neoproterozoic ice age, occurring around 580 million years ago, that is associated with widespread glacial deposits and may have influenced early animal evolution.

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Gaskiers glaciation canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Neoproterozoic glaciation ⓘ
glaciation ⓘ
paleoclimatic event ⓘ
approximateAge around 580 million years ago ⓘ
associatedHypothesis climatic stress as a driver of evolutionary innovation ⓘ
link between glaciation and ocean redox changes ⓘ
associatedWith Ediacaran Period ⓘ
oxygenation events in late Neoproterozoic oceans ⓘ
chronostratigraphicAge ca. 582.4 ± 0.5 Ma (U–Pb zircon dating, commonly cited value) ⓘ
climaticContext global cooling event ⓘ
icehouse climate state ⓘ
duration on the order of 1–5 million years ⓘ
endTime approximately 579 million years ago ⓘ
evidenceFoundIn Avalon terrane ⓘ
Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
other Ediacaran successions worldwide ⓘ
followedBy Ediacaran biota diversification ⓘ
geologicalEon Proterozoic Eon ⓘ
geologicalEra Neoproterozoic Era ⓘ
geologicalPeriod Neoproterozoic ⓘ
linked to: Neoproterozoic Era
hasEvidence diamictites ⓘ
dropstones ⓘ
glacially influenced marine sediments ⓘ
widespread glacial deposits ⓘ
intensity brief but intense ice age ⓘ
locatedInGeologicRecord Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⓘ
linked to: Avalon Peninsula
namedAfter Gaskiers Formation ⓘ
Gaskiers, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⓘ
notableFor being one of the last major Neoproterozoic glaciations ⓘ
occurring shortly before the rise of complex multicellular life ⓘ
partOf late Neoproterozoic glaciations ⓘ
possibleInfluenceOn early animal evolution ⓘ
emergence of Ediacaran macrofossils ⓘ
precededBy Marinoan glaciation ⓘ
Sturtian glaciation ⓘ
researchTopicIn Neoproterozoic stratigraphy ⓘ
evolution of early animals ⓘ
paleoclimatology ⓘ
startTime approximately 582 million years ago ⓘ
stratigraphicUnit Gaskiers Formation ⓘ
temporalPosition after the Marinoan snowball Earth event ⓘ
temporalRelation early Ediacaran ⓘ

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

Neoproterozoic Era → includesEvent → Gaskiers glaciation ⓘ
Snowball Earth glaciations → hasPart → Gaskiers glaciation ⓘ
Neoproterozoic Oxygenation Event → linkedTo → Gaskiers glaciation ⓘ
Gaskiers Formation → associatedWith → Gaskiers glaciation ⓘ