CO2 as a primary driver of Phanerozoic climate

GSA Today

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 4-10

  Royer, Dana L ^a   Berner, Robert A ^b   Montanez, Isabel P ^c   Tabor, Neil J ^d   Beerling, David J ^e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PHANEROZOIC; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 1842585631     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/1052-5173(2004)014<4:CAAPDO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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