Resolving apparent conflicts between oceanographic and Antarctic climate records and evidence for a decrease in pCO2 during the Oligocene through early Miocene (34-16 Ma)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 260, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 41-49

  Pekar, Stephen F ^a   Christie Blick, Nicholas ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Ice volume; Miocene; Oligocene; Oxygen isotopes; Sea level

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ICE SHEET; MIOCENE; OCEANOGRAPHY; OLIGOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; STRATIGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 41049115242     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.08.019     Document Type: Article

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