Gaskiers glaciation

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Gaskiers glaciation was a brief but intense Neoproterozoic ice age, occurring around 580 million years ago, that is associated with widespread glacial deposits and may have influenced early animal evolution.

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Gaskiers glaciation canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Neoproterozoic glaciation
glaciation
paleoclimatic event
approximateAge around 580 million years ago
associatedHypothesis climatic stress as a driver of evolutionary innovation
link between glaciation and ocean redox changes
associatedWith Ediacaran Period
oxygenation events in late Neoproterozoic oceans
chronostratigraphicAge ca. 582.4 ± 0.5 Ma (U–Pb zircon dating, commonly cited value)
climaticContext global cooling event
icehouse climate state
duration on the order of 1–5 million years
endTime approximately 579 million years ago
evidenceFoundIn Avalonia microcontinent
surface form: Avalon terrane

Newfoundland and Labrador
other Ediacaran successions worldwide
followedBy Ediacaran biota diversification
geologicalEon Proterozoic Eon
geologicalEra Neoproterozoic Era
geologicalPeriod Neoproterozoic Era
surface form: Neoproterozoic
hasEvidence diamictites
dropstones
glacially influenced marine sediments
widespread glacial deposits
intensity brief but intense ice age
locatedInGeologicRecord Avalon Peninsula
surface form: Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
namedAfter Gaskiers Formation
Gaskiers, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
notableFor being one of the last major Neoproterozoic glaciations
occurring shortly before the rise of complex multicellular life
partOf late Neoproterozoic glaciations
possibleInfluenceOn early animal evolution
emergence of Ediacaran macrofossils
precededBy Marinoan glaciation
Sturtian glaciation
researchTopicIn Neoproterozoic stratigraphy
evolution of early animals
paleoclimatology
startTime approximately 582 million years ago
stratigraphicUnit Gaskiers Formation
temporalPosition after the Marinoan snowball Earth event
temporalRelation early Ediacaran

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Neoproterozoic Era includesEvent Gaskiers glaciation
Snowball Earth glaciations hasPart Gaskiers glaciation