Miocene to present vegetation changes: A possible piece of the Cenozoic cooling puzzle

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-41

  Dutton, Jan F ^a   Barron, Eric J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATION; CENOZOIC COOLING; CLIMATE FEEDBACKS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; GLOBAL COOLING; LATE CENOZOIC; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; VEGETATION CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CENOZOIC; COOLING; ICE CAP; MIOCENE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; PALAEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; VEGETATION;

EID: 0030877976     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0039:MTPVCA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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