Thursday, January 22, 2015

Geosonnet 25

The Earth once had a frozen shell of ice
encasing oceans, land, from pole to pole.
The mystery: what process could suffice
To kiss Snow White, rouse cryogenic soul.
One theory says volcanic CO2
Would slowly warm the Earth until the thaw
As ice breaks up, the air and water brew:
Carbonic acid forms: paleo-spa.
The isotopes of boron measure bases.
Post-glacial carbonates record the change
As acid forms, the calcium replaces
Hydronium, a weathering exchange.
   Across the world, the acid came and went;
   A single ocean-atmosphere event.

Geology 42 1103

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