Secular oscillations in the stratigraphic record - an acute debate

W. Schlager

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    Abstract

    Work on secular oscillations of the ocean-atmosphere system has reached a particularly interesting stage, characterized by competing models that alternately invoke endogenic and celestial drivers. The most widely accepted concept is the icehouse-greenhouse cycle with an approximate length of 300 Ma. The concept holds that in the past 600 Ma the Earth has oscillated between a glacial mode and one of rather warm, equable climate; correlative changes in mineralogy of marine carbonates and evaporites as well as abundance of igneous intrusions point to an endogenic cause, most probably variations in the rates of plate motion and mantle convection that modulate sea level and the level of atmospheric CO
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)12-16
    Number of pages5
    JournalFacies
    Volume51
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2005

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