The effect of gateways on ocean circulation patterns in the Cenozoic

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 132-146

  von der Heydt, Anna ^a   Dijkstra, Henk A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; multiple equilibria; Oligocene; thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEEP WATER FORMATION; GLOBAL OCEAN; MIOCENE; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OLIGOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 42649113041     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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