The impact of ice sheets, CO2, and orbital insolation on late Quaternary climates: Sensitivity experiments with a general circulation model

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 6-7, 1998, Pages 507-534

  Felzer, Benjamin ^a   Webb III, Thompson ^b   Oglesby, Robert J ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ICE SHEET; INSOLATION; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY;

EID: 0031879018     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(98)00010-9     Document Type: Article

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