Orbital forcing of Cretaceous river discharge in tropical Africa and ocean response

Nature

Volumn 437, Issue 7056, 2005, Pages 241-244

  Beckmann, Britta ^a   Flögel, Sascha ^b   Hofmann, Peter ^c   Schulz, Michael ^a   Wagner, Thomas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); GEOCHEMISTRY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MARINE APPLICATIONS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; TROPOSPHERE;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; BLACK SHALE SEDIMENTATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODELS; ORBITAL FORCING; RIVER DISCHARGES;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS);

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CRETACEOUS; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECESSION; RIVER DISCHARGE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEA; SEDIMENT; SIMULATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOSSIL; HISTORY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TROPIC CLIMATE; WATER FLOW;

CARBON; OXYGEN; SEA WATER;

AFRICA; CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIVERS; SEASONS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 24644493352     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03976     Document Type: Article

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