Orbitally-paced climate evolution during the middle Miocene "Monterey" carbon-isotope excursion

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 261, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 534-550

  Holbourn, Ann ^a   Kuhnt, Wolfgang ^a   Schulz, Michael ^b   Flores, José Abel ^c   Andersen, Nils ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

cyclostratigraphy; middle Miocene; Monterey Excursion; ODP Site 1146; ODP Site 1237; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EVOLUTION; CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; ECCENTRICITY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CARBON; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; STRATIGRAPHY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE CYCLE; CRYOSPHERE; CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; ECCENTRICITY; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE SHEET; MIOCENE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SUCCESSION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 34548498392     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.07.026     Document Type: Article

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