The middle Pleistocene transition: characteristics, mechanisms, and implications for long-term changes in atmospheric pCO2

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 23-24, 2006, Pages 3150-3184

  Clark, Peter U ^a   Archer, David ^b   Pollard, David ^c   Blum, Joel D ^d   Rial, Jose A ^e   Brovkin, Victor ^f   Mix, Alan C ^a   Pisias, Nicklas G ^a   Roy, Martin ^g  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLACIERS; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; WEATHERING;

CRYSTALLINE BEDROCKS; DEEP OCEAN CIRCULATIONS; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE TRANSITION (MPT); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES (SST);

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

BEDROCK; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; GLACIAL EROSION; ICE SHEET; ICE THICKNESS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCLIMATE; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PLEISTOCENE; REGOLITH; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SILICATE; UPWELLING; WEATHERING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 33846809066     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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