Rapid stepwise onset of Antarctic glaciation and deeper calcite compensation in the Pacific Ocean

Nature

Volumn 433, Issue 7021, 2005, Pages 53-57

  Coxall, Helen K ^a,d   Wilson, Paul A ^a   Pälike, Heiko ^a,b   Lear, Caroline H ^c,e   Backman, Jan ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISSOLUTION; EARTH (PLANET); GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ORBITS; SEA ICE; SEDIMENTS;

CALCITE COMPENSATION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; ICE-SHEET GROWTH; OCEAN DEPTH;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; OXYGEN;

CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; GLACIATION;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; COLD CLIMATE; COOLING; EOCENE; GLACIER; ICE CORE RECORD; OLIGOCENE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON ISOTOPES; COLD; COLD CLIMATE; EARTH (PLANET); GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ICE COVER; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEASONS; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 11944261502     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03135     Document Type: Article

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