Resolving a late Oligocene conundrum: Deep-sea warming and Antarctic glaciation

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 231, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 29-40

  Pekar, Stephen F ^a,b   DeConto, Robert M ^c   Harwood, David M ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Ice volume; Oligocene; Oxygen isotopes; Sea level

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; DEEP SEA; GLACIATION; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OLIGOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; WARMING;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 31144455204     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.07.024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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