Snowball Earth hypothesis

GPTKB entity

Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf scientific theory
gptkbp:category Earth sciences
Geology
Glaciology
Paleoclimatology
gptkbp:criticizedFor difficulty explaining survival of life
uncertainty in paleomagnetic data
gptkbp:explains global glaciations
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Snowball Earth hypothesis
gptkbp:influenced evolutionary biology
study of Earth's climate history
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Joseph_Kirschvink
1980s
Earth was entirely or nearly entirely frozen at least once
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Cambrian_explosion
gptkb:Great_Oxygenation_Event
gptkb:Neoproterozoic_Era
gptkb:Cryogenian_Period
gptkb:Huronian_glaciation
gptkb:Marinoan_glaciation
gptkb:Sturtian_glaciation
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:cap_carbonates
geological evidence
dropstones
paleomagnetic evidence
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Great_Unconformity
gptkb:Great_Oxidation_Event
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7