Stable warm tropical climate through the Eocene Epoch

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 211-214

  Pearson, Paul N ^a   van Dongen, Bart E ^b   Nicholas, Christopher J ^c   Pancost, Richard D ^b   Schouten, Stefan ^d   Singano, Joyce M ^e   Wade, Bridget S ^f  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^e Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation   (Tanzania)

^f RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Foraminifera; Paleoclimate; Paleotemperatures

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURES; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GEOLOGY; TROPICS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; DIAGENESIS; EOCENE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; OLIGOCENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 33947315447     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23175A.1     Document Type: Article

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