Arabia-Eurasia collision and the forcing of mid-Cenozoic global cooling

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 265, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 52-58

  Allen, Mark B ^a   Armstrong, Howard A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabia Eurasia collision; Eocene; Global cooling; Oligocene; Tethys

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CENOZOIC; COOLING; EOCENE; OLIGOCENE; ORGANIC CARBON; RECONSTRUCTION; TETHYS;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 47249158890     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.04.021     Document Type: Article

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