V24A:
Glacial Cycles and Volcanism on Land and Undersea I
V24A:
Glacial Cycles and Volcanism on Land and Undersea I
Glacial Cycles and Volcanism on Land and Undersea I
Session ID#: 9126
Session Description:
Glacial cycles transfer large masses between continents and oceans.
Since melt generation and volcanism are influenced by pressure,
glacial cycles have the potential to influence volcanism on
glacial/interglacial time scales. As the ultimate source of volatiles
to surface systems, volcanic cycles can then influence the climate
system. Recent work provides evidence for glacial cycles influencing
subaerial volcanism as well as submarine volcanism and hydrothermal
activity at ridges. Further linkages exist that may have implications
for glaciation and the biosphere, including between volcanism and CO2
emissions and amongst hydrothermal activity, seawater chemistry, and
sediment compositions. Exploration of these linkages is just
beginning, and existing evidence and models have elicited controversy.
This session provides a forum for recent evidence and counter-evidence
in the form of models and observations pertaining to the linkages
between climate and the solid Earth on glacial/interglacial time
scales.
Since melt generation and volcanism are influenced by pressure,
glacial cycles have the potential to influence volcanism on
glacial/interglacial time scales. As the ultimate source of volatiles
to surface systems, volcanic cycles can then influence the climate
system. Recent work provides evidence for glacial cycles influencing
subaerial volcanism as well as submarine volcanism and hydrothermal
activity at ridges. Further linkages exist that may have implications
for glaciation and the biosphere, including between volcanism and CO2
emissions and amongst hydrothermal activity, seawater chemistry, and
sediment compositions. Exploration of these linkages is just
beginning, and existing evidence and models have elicited controversy.
This session provides a forum for recent evidence and counter-evidence
in the form of models and observations pertaining to the linkages
between climate and the solid Earth on glacial/interglacial time
scales.
Primary Convener: Peter J Huybers, Harvard University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States
Conveners: Charles H Langmuir, Harvard Univ, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States, Jerry F McManus, Columbia U. / LDEO, Palisades, United States and Suzanne M Carbotte, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States
Chairs: Peter J Huybers, Harvard University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States and Charles H Langmuir, Harvard University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, United States
OSPA Liaison: Jerry F McManus, Columbia U. / LDEO, Palisades, United States
Cross-Listed:
- C - Cryosphere
- OS - Ocean Sciences
- PP - Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
- T - Tectonophysics
Index Terms:
0726 Ice sheets [CRYOSPHERE]
4930 Greenhouse gases [PALEOCEANOGRAPHY]
8408 Volcano/climate interactions [VOLCANOLOGY]
8416 Mid-oceanic ridge processes [VOLCANOLOGY]
Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
Variations in mid-ocean ridge magmatism and carbon emissions driven by glacial cycles (Invited) (58838)
Enhanced hydrothermal activity along the East Pacific Rise during the last two glacial terminations (59020)
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