The ocean circulation in the southern hemisphere and its climatic impacts in the Eocene

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 231, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 9-28

  Huber, Matthew ^a,b   Nof, Doron ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 31144449932     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.07.037     Document Type: Article

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