An atmospheric pCO2 threshold for glaciation in the late Ordovician

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 447-450

  Gibbs, Mark T ^a,b   Barron, Eric J ^a   Kump, Lee R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; ICE; ORGANIC CARBON; SNOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC LEVELS; ATMOSPHERIC PCO2; EARLY PALEOZOIC; ICE ALBEDO FEEDBACK; LATE ORDOVICIAN; ORGANIC CARBON BURIAL; SHORT DURATIONS; SOLAR-LUMINOSITY; CLIMATE SYSTEM;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ALBEDO; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; GLACIATION; ICE COVER; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; SNOW COVER; THRESHOLD; ATMOSPHERE; PALAEOCLIMATE;

EID: 0030847370     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0447:AAPCTF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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