Reconstructing Neoproterozoic palaeoclimates using a combined data/modelling approach

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 61-80

  Sohl, L E ^a   Chandler, M A ^a  

^a NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE GAS; ICE COVER; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; MODELING; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROTEROZOIC; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 38349128763     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/tms002.3     Document Type: Article

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