Earth dynamics and climate changes

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 335, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 157-174

  Fluteau, Frédéric ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Forcing factor; Gas; Palaeoclimate; Plate tectonics; Sea level

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMICS; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLATE TECTONICS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; UPLIFT;

EID: 0037221747     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1631-0713(03)00004-X     Document Type: Article

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