Oceanic gateways as a critical factor to initiate icehouse Earth

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 337-340

  Smith, Alan G ^a   Pickering, Kevin T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glaciations; Greenhouse; Icehouse; Oceanic gateways

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL DRIFT; GLACIATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PLATE TECTONICS;

EID: 0038135037     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764902-115     Document Type: Article

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