Orbital forcing and Eocene continental temperatures

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 21-35

  Sloan, L Cirbus ^a   Morrill, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Milankovitch cycle; North America; Paleoclimate; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032533126     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00091-1     Document Type: Article

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