Was the Himalayan orogen a climatically significant coupled source and sink for atmospheric CO2 during the Cenozoic?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 195-203

  Kerrick, D M ^a   Caldeira, K ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Cenozoic; Chemical weathering; Himalayas; Metamorphism; Paleoclimatology

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; CENOZOIC; HIMALAYAN OROGENY; OROGENY; PALEOCLIMATE;

EID: 0033619634     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00229-0     Document Type: Article

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