Antarctic climate at the Eocene/Oligocene boundary - Climate model sensitivity to high latitude vegetation type and comparisons with the palaeobotanical record

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 231, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 134-157

  Thorn, Vanessa C ^a,c   DeConto, Robert ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Cenozoic; Global climate models; Greenhouse icehouse transition; Palaeobotany; Palaeoclimate

Indexed keywords

EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; MODELING; PALEOCLIMATE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 31144447202     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.07.032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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