A physical mechanism for the Atlantic-Pacific flow reversal in the early Miocene

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 265-276

  Omta, Anne Willem ^a   Dijkstra, Henk A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change; Continental drift; Miocene; Paleocean circulation; Panama Straits

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DIRECTION; MIOCENE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOCURRENT; TETHYS;

EID: 0037402487     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(02)00221-7     Document Type: Article

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