Tectonically-induced icehouse-greenhouse climate oscillations during the transition from the Variscan to the Alpine cycle (Carboniferous to Triassic)

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-11

  Oyarzun, Roberto ^a   Doblas, Miguel ^b   López Ruiz, José ^b   Cebriá, José María ^b   Youbi, Nasrrddine ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; CO2; Greenhouse; Icehouse; Pangea; Permian; Triassic

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CLIMATE CHANGE; PALEOCLIMATE; TECTONICS; TRIASSIC;

EUROPE;

EID: 0032897433     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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