The Late Cretaceous: Simulation with a coupled atmosphere-ocean general circulation model

Paleoceanography

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 495-516

  Bush, Andrew B G ^a,b   Philander, S George H ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN COUPLING; CRETACEOUS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PALAEOCLIMATE;

EID: 0031438535     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97PA00721     Document Type: Article

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