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Permafrost in the Cretaceous supergreenhouse

Authors :
Juan Pedro Rodríguez-López
Chihua Wu
Tatiana A. Vishnivetskaya
Julian B. Murton
Wenqiang Tang
Chao Ma
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2022.

Abstract

The archetypal supergreenhouse Cretaceous Earth had an active cryosphere with permafrost in plateau deserts. A modern analogue is the aeolian–permafrost system from the Qiongkuai Lebashi Lake area, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
13
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.9c138bf524456592e81f3f49263618
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35676-6