Early Pliocene deep water circulation in the western equatorial Atlantic: Implications for high-latitude climate change

Paleoceanography

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 84-95

  Billups, Katharina ^a   Ravelo, A C ^a   Zachos, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER CIRCULATION; PALAEOCLIMATE CHANGE; PLIOCENE;

ATLANTIC, (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 0031863499     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97PA02995     Document Type: Article

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