Mg/Ca palaeothermometry: A new window into Cenozoic climate change

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 313-322

  Lear, Carrie H ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE;

EID: 38349092253     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/tms002.14     Document Type: Article

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