Did Paleogene North Atlantic rift-related eruptions drive early Eocene climate cooling?

Lithos

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 355-366

  Jolley, David W ^a   Widdowson, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity crisis; Climatic forcing; Cool climate; Eocene; North Atlantic; Palynology; Phreatomagmatic eruptions; SO2

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGENE; RIFTING; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLCANIC AEROSOL; VOLCANISM;

EID: 11244289466     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2004.09.007     Document Type: Article

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