A comparison of GCM simulated Cretaceous 'greenhouse' and 'icehouse' climates: Implications for the sedimentary record

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 123-138

  Price, Gregory D ^a,c   Valdes, Paul J ^b   Sellwood, Bruce W ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Greenhouse; Icehouse; Palaeoclimate

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE;

EID: 0032532815     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00061-3     Document Type: Article

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