The heartbeat of the Oligocene climate system

Science

Volumn 314, Issue 5807, 2006, Pages 1894-1898

  Pälike, Heiko ^a   Norris, Richard D ^b   Herrle, Jens O ^a,c   Wilson, Paul A ^a   Coxall, Helen K ^d   Lear, Caroline H ^d   Shackleton, Nicholas J ^e   Tripati, Aradhna K ^e   Wade, Bridget S ^f  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; BIOMASS; CARBON; GLACIERS; MARINE APPLICATIONS; ORBITS; SOLAR ENERGY;

CARBON CYCLE; ECCENTRICITY CYCLE; OLIGOCENE CLIMATE SYSTEM; SOLAR FORCING;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CARBON CYCLE; ECCENTRICITY; GLACIATION; OLIGOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PERIODICITY;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; OLIGOCENE; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SOLAR ENERGY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; CLIMATE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ICE COVER; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PACIFIC OCEAN; PLANKTON; SUNLIGHT; TIME;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 33845912975     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1133822     Document Type: Article

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