Evidence for glaciation in the Northern Hemisphere back to 44 Ma from ice-rafted debris in the Greenland Sea

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 265, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 112-122

  Tripati, Aradhna K ^a   Eagle, Robert A ^b   Morton, Andrew ^c   Dowdeswell, Julian A ^d   Atkinson, Katie L ^a   Bahé, Yannick ^e   Dawber, Caroline F ^a   Khadun, Emma ^f   Shaw, Ruth M H ^a   Shorttle, Oliver ^g   Thanabalasundaram, Lavaniya ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CASP   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e HOMERTON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^f GIRTON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^g QUEENS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^h Ely Sixth Form College   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eocene Oligocene transition; greenhouse icehouse transition; ice rafted debris; Northern Hemisphere glaciation; paleoclimate; polar climate

Indexed keywords

GLACIATION; GREENHOUSE-ICEHOUSE TRANSITION; PALEOCLIMATE; POLAR CLIMATE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIERS; ICE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

EOCENE; GLACIATION; ICE CAP; ICE SHEET; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; OLIGOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; TIDEWATER GLACIER;

EID: 36849057055     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.09.045     Document Type: Article

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