Formation of sedimentary bedding couplets in the Western Interior Seaway of North America - Implications from climate system modeling

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 218, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 125-143

  Floegel, Sascha ^a   Hay, William W ^b   DeConto, Robert M ^c   Balukhovsky, Alexander N ^d  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b University of Massachusetts ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cenomanian Turonian; Couplets; Numeric simulation; Precession

Indexed keywords

CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN BOUNDARY; CLIMATE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECESSION;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13844317032     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.12.011     Document Type: Article

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