Orbitally paced climate oscillations across the Oligocene/Miocene boundary

Nature

Volumn 388, Issue 6642, 1997, Pages 567-570

  Zachos, James C ^a   Flower, Benjamin P ^a   Paul, Hilary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; EARTH ORBIT; GLACIATION; OLIGOCENE/MIOCENE BOUNDARY; ORBITAL EFFECT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALAEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENT CORE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; COOLING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC, (EQUATORIAL WEST);

EID: 0030741950     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/41528     Document Type: Article

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