Climate stability during the Pliocene warm period

Paleoceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Draut, Amy E ^a   Raymo, Maureen E ^b   McManus, Jerry F ^a   Oppo, Delia W ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interglacial; Millennial variations; North Altantic climate; Pliocene warm period

Indexed keywords

INTERGLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENT CORE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 1642388616     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003PA000889     Document Type: Article

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