Regional climate shifts caused by gradual global cooling in the Pliocene epoch

Nature

Volumn 429, Issue 6989, 2004, Pages 263-267

  Ravelo, Ana Christina ^a   Andreasen, Dyke H ^a,c   Lyle, Mitchell ^b   Lyle, Annette Olivarez ^b   Wara, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EARTH (PLANET); ICE; SOLAR HEATING;

GLOBAL COOLING; GLOBAL SURFACE TEMPERATURES; REGIONAL CLIMATE SHIFTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

GLACIATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; LATITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; COLD; HEAT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEDIMENT; TIME; TROPIC CLIMATE;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; ICE; OXYGEN; SEA WATER;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CLIMATE; COLD; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HEAT; ICE; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 2442654170     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02567     Document Type: Article

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