Role of Panama uplift on oceanic freshwater balance

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 207-210

  Haug, Gerald H ^a   Tiedemann, Ralf ^b   Zahn, Rainer ^c   Ravelo, A Christina ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America; Neogene; Paleocirculation; Paleoclimate; Paleosalinity; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035263457     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0207:ROPUOO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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