Simulated influence of carbon dioxide, orbital forcing and ice sheets on the climate of the Last Glacial Maximum

Nature

Volumn 394, Issue 6696, 1998, Pages 847-853

  Weaver, Andrew J ^a   Eby, Michael ^a   Fanning, Augustus F ^a   Wiebe, Edward C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCLIMATE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA;

EID: 0032572675     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/29695     Document Type: Article

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