Impacts of palaeogeography and sea level changes on Mid-Cretaceous climate

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 247, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 357-381

  Fluteau, F ^a,b   Ramstein, Gilles ^c   Besse, Jean ^a   Guiraud, R ^d   Masse, J P ^e  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Climate modelling; Cretaceous; Palaeoclimate; Palaeogeography; Proxy data; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CENOMANIAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; INLAND SEA; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLATE TECTONICS; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34047123116     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.11.016     Document Type: Article

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