Response of Late Ordovician paleoceanography to changes in sea level, continental drift, and atmospheric pCO 2: Potential causes for long-term cooling and glaciation

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 210, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 385-401

  Herrmann, Achim D ^a,b,c   Haupt, Bernd J ^a   Patzkowsky, Mark E ^a,b   Seidov, Dan ^a   Slingerland, Rudy L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaciation; Heat transport; Late Ordovician; Meridional overturning; Surface circulation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONTINENTAL DRIFT; EUSTACY; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EID: 3342994395     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.02.034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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