An early Cenozoic perspective on greenhouse warming and carbon-cycle dynamics

Nature

Volumn 451, Issue 7176, 2008, Pages 279-283

  Zachos, James C ^a   Dickens, Gerald R ^b   Zeebe, Richard E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON CYCLE; CENOZOIC; CLIMATE CYCLE; EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DYNAMICS; CENOZOIC; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDIMENT;

EID: 38349105013     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06588     Document Type: Review

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