Paleoaltimetry incorporating atmospheric physics and botanical estimates of paleoclimate

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 497-511

  Forest, Chris E ^a   Wolfe, Jack A ^b   Molnar, Peter ^a   Emanuel, Kerry A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTHALPY; GEOPHYSICS; LATENT HEAT; PLANTS (BOTANY); POTENTIAL ENERGY; SEA LEVEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS AND THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS; ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE; ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR; GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY; MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; SURFACE DISTRIBUTIONS; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALTIMETRY; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE;

EID: 0032809807     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<0497:PIAPAB>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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