Abrupt change in earth's climate system

Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Volumn 31, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-31

  Overpeck, Jonathan T ^a   Cole, Julia E ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Abrupt climate change; Climate dynamics; Global warming; Paleoceanography; Paleoclimatology

Indexed keywords

ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE DYNAMICS; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; FLOODS; GLOBAL WARMING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 33750979007     PISSN: 15435938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.energy.30.050504.144308     Document Type: Conference Paper

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