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The faint young sun-climate paradox - Volcanic influencesIt has been suggested that the early earth may have frozen over as a result of a fainter early sun (see Ulrich, 1975). If this had happened, climate models suggest the earth would have remained frozen through the present epoch and into the distant future. We suggest that volcanic influences could allow a passage from the frozen branch into the unfrozen branch of climate models should conditions on earth be suitable for the latter climate change. A broad equatorial belt of volcanic ash is one scenario which would allow a transfer from the frozen earth state into the unfrozen one.
Document ID
19830038969
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Schatten, K. H.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Planetary Atmospheres, Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Endal, A. S.
(Applied Research Corp. Landover, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1982
Publication Information
Publication: Geophysical Research Letters
Volume: 9
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
83A20187
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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