Paleoclimate: Deep-sea temperature and circulation changes at the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

Science

Volumn 308, Issue 5730, 2005, Pages 1894-1898

  Tripati, Aradhna ^a   Elderfield, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT CONVECTION; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA ICE; SURFACE WATERS;

HIGH-LATITUDE REGIONS; ICE-FREE CONDITIONS; METHANE HYDRATE; PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM (PETM);

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CALCIUM; CARBON; MAGNESIUM; METHANE; SEA WATER; SURFACE WATER;

PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EOCENE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; LATITUDE; OXIDATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PALEOCENE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEDIMENT; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 21744434928     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1109202     Document Type: Article

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