Talk:Snowball Earth

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February 2, 2006	Good article nominee	Listed
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Do not treat it as a FACT

Some have claimed that his article is POV-ridden, but I personally find it to go beyond that. The intro and first two chapters is not trying to convince the reader about the validity of this hypothesis, it takes it for granted, and present it more or less as a fact. To the extent of my knowledge is there no consensus regarding this hypothesis, and the article ought to reflect that. --Sparviere (talk) 23:15, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The article begins by identifying this as a hypothesis. As I read it now there is no implication that this hypothesis is widely accepted. The Introduction should describe the hypothesis and characterize its status within the scientific community or within the history of scientific knowledge. As it stands the Introduction is already a mess due to the overeagerness of critical editors to blurt out detailed counterpoints and objections before we've even had a discussion of the hypothesis, its history, and the evidence for it, if any. This hyper-critical approach has already left us with a schizophrenic Introduction. Let's exercise some patience and let the article unfold as it would in a classroom or traditional reference book article. 75.73.91.254 (talk) 20:34, 27 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"The geological community generally accepts this hypothesis" Got a reference for this statement? A quick google scholar search of "snowball earth diachronous" will show several hundred counter arguments. Cwmagee (talk) 11:26, 19 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Late to the party, but yes, that was a ridiculous statement to have had in the article. 2603:6080:21F0:AB60:99C9:143E:34DB:FD6C (talk) 09:44, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Articles

Chumakov, N. M. (April 2008). "A problem of total glaciations on the Earth in the Late Precambrian". Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation. 16 (2): 107–119. doi:10.1134/S0869593808020019.

Glaciation on the Precambrian–Cambrian boundary

Chumakov, N. M. (August 2009). "The Baykonurian glaciohorizon of the Late Vendian". Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation. 17 (4): 373–381. doi:10.1134/S0869593809040029.
KAUFMAN, Alan J. (2009). "A glacial divide between Ediacaran extinction and the Cambrian explosion of life". GSA Abstracts with Programs. 41 (7): 395. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

Glacial deposits questioned

It has been suggested that the glacial deposits found is not really glacial. Can’t professional Geologists tell the difference between a rock layer formed from moraine and one formed from the result of landslides?

2013-12-31 Lena Synnerholm, Märsta, Sweden.

Paleomagnetism

It has been suggested that the Earth may not have had its dipolar magnetic field back then. I think the interior of the Earth has been essentially the same for the past thousand million years. Anyone who can verify this?

2013-12-31 Lena Synnerholm, Märsta, Sweden.

Slushball Earth world maps

The world maps lack information on how long ago the positions of the continents it was based on were. I have wondered about this for a long time now.

2013-12-31 Lena Synnerholm, Märsta, Sweden.