The mid-Pliocene warm period: A test-bed for integrating data and models

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 443-457

  Haywood, A M ^a,c   Valdes, P J ^b   Hill, D J ^a   Williams, M ^a,d  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE; WARMING;

EID: 38549141190     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/tms002.20     Document Type: Article

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