The palaeogeographic and palaeoclimatic significance of climate proxies for data-model comparisons

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 251-312

  Markwick, P J ^a  

^a Kitson House   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FACIES ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GIS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

AMPHIBIA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); TESTUDINES;

EID: 38549167996     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/tms002.13     Document Type: Article

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