Eocene bipolar glaciation associated with global carbon cycle changes

Nature

Volumn 436, Issue 7049, 2005, Pages 341-346

  Tripati, Aradhna ^a   Backman, Jan ^b   Elderfield, Henry ^a   Ferretti, Patrizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ICE;

CARBON CYCLE CHANGES; CLIMATIC EVOLUTION; GLACIATION; ICE SHEETS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ISOTOPE; OXYGEN; CARBON; SEA WATER;

CARBON CYCLE; EOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARBON CYCLE; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EOCENE; FORAMINIFER; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIER; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT; CHEMISTRY; COLD CLIMATE; HISTORY; ICE COVER; METABOLISM; SEA; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

FORAMINIFERA;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; COLD CLIMATE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HISTORY, ANCIENT; ICE COVER; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 22944462406     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03874     Document Type: Article

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