Termination of global warmth at the Palaeocene/Eocene boundary through productivity feedback

Nature

Volumn 407, Issue 6801, 2000, Pages 171-174

  Bains, Santo ^a   Norris, Richard D ^b   Corfield, Richard M ^a   Faul, Kristina L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; COOLING; GLOBAL WARMING; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOCLIMATE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY;

ATMOSPHERE; BARIUM; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 0034648826     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35025035     Document Type: Article

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