Mesozoic climates: General circulation models and the rock record

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 190, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 269-287

  Sellwood, Bruce W ^a   Valdes, Paul J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate models; Cretaceous; Jurassic; Palaeoclimates; Triassic

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; JURASSIC; MESOZOIC; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TRIASSIC;

ANTHOZOA; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 33746335050     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.05.013     Document Type: Article

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