[Rockhounds] "Slushy Earth" After Marinoan Snowball Earth

[Paul]

Researchers Detail "Slushy Earth" After Last Ice Age
Results from a new study provide the first direct 
geochemical evidence of the "slushy" planet at the 
end of the last ice age. Virginia Polytechnic Institute 
and State University, Technology Tech, November 6, 2024 
https://www.technologynetworks.com/applied-sciences/news/researchers-detail-slushy-earth-after-last-ice-age-392931

 Paywalled paper:

 Gan, T., Tian, M., Wang, X.K., Wang, S., Liu, X.M., 
Jiang, G., Gill, B., Nolan, M., Kaufman, A., Luo, T. 
and Xiao, S., 2023. Lithium isotope constraints on 
the plumeworld hypothesis for the Marinoan Snowball
Earth. PNAS, November 5, 2024 121 (46) e2407419121
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2407419121

preprint PDF - https://eartharxiv.org/repository/view/5808/
preprint PDF Researchgate - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/373426250_Lithium_isotope_constraints_on_the_plumeworld_hypothesis_for_the_Marinoan_Snowball_Earth
Yours,

Paul H.