Evidence for extreme climatic warmth from late cretaceous arctic vertebrates

Science

Volumn 282, Issue 5397, 1998, Pages 2241-2244

  Tarduno, J A ^a   Brinkman, D B ^b   Renne, P R ^c   Cottrell, R D ^a   Scher, H ^a   Castillo, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

^c BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEOCLIMATE; VERTEBRATE; WARMING;

ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOSSIL; GLOBAL CLIMATE; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRY; REPTILE; VERTEBRATE; VOLCANIC ASH;

ARCTIC;

REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032545398     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.282.5397.2241     Document Type: Article

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