Could Early Cenozoic thermohaline circulation have warmed the poles?

Paleoceanography

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-167

  Lyle, Mitchell ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAINOZOIC; CLIMATE CHANGE; MODEL; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; POLAR REGION; POLAR ZONES; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WARMING;

EID: 0030832016     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96PA03330     Document Type: Article

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