Insolation-control on the Late Cretaceous hydrological cycle and tropical African climate-global climate modelling linked to marine climate records

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 235, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 288-304

  Floegel, Sascha ^a   Wagner, Thomas ^b  

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

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black shale formation; Cretaceous; Hydrological cycle; Latitudinal atmospheric connection; Marine geochemical signal formation; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 33646380073     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.09.034     Document Type: Article

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