Evidence from Snowball Earth found in ancient rocks on Colorado’s Pikes Peak

[Oxytropidoceras]

Evidence from Snowball Earth found in ancient rocks on
Colorado’s Pikes Peak – it’s a missing link
Liam Courtney-Davies, The Conversation, November 11, 2024

Missing link to Snowball Earth history emerges from
some unusual rocks on Colorado’s Pikes Peak
Rebecca flowers, The Caledonian record, New Hampshire

Conferenece paper with figure

Courtney-Davies, L., Flowers, R.M., Siddoway, C.S., 
Tasistro-Hart, A. and Macdonald, F.A., 2024, August.
Dating of Snowball Earth Meltwater Events Using In-Situ
Hematite U-Pb Geochronology. In 2024 Goldschmidt 
Conference. 

Paywalled paper:

Courtney-Davies, L., Flowers, R.M., Siddoway, C.S., 
and Macdonald, F.A., 2024. Hematite U-Pb dating of
Snowball Earth meltwater events.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
121 (47) e2410759121
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2410759121

Yours,

Paul H.

Edited November 13 by Oxytropidoceras
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[Shellseeker]

Thanks for posting. Lots of excellent detail.