Simulating low frequency changes in atmospheric CO2 during the last 740 000 years

Climate of the Past

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 57-78

  Kohler P ^a   Fischer, H ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS EXCHANGE; ICE CORE; ICE COVER; INTERGLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENT CORE; SIMULATION;

ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 33748524554     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-2-57-2006     Document Type: Article

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