Glacial-interglacial-scale paleoclimatic change without large ice sheets in the Oligocene of central Oregon

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 297-300

  Retallack, Gregory J ^a   Wynn, Jonathan G ^b   Fremd, Theodore J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c John Day Fossil Beds National Monument   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Oligocene; Oregon; Oxygen isotopes; Paleoclimate; Paleosols

Indexed keywords

FOSSILS; GREENHOUSE GASES (GHG); ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; MAMMALS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ICE PROBLEMS; SEA ICE; SOILS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; ICE SHEET; OLIGOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2042497981     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20247.1     Document Type: Article

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