Precipitation rates and atmospheric heat transport during the Cenomanian greenhouse warming in North America: Estimates from a stable isotope mass-balance model

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 266, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 28-38

  Ufnar, David F ^a   Ludvigson, Greg A ^b   González, Luis ^c   Gröcke, Darren R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Oxygen isotopes; Paleoclimatology; Precipitation; Siderite

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; CENOMANIAN; CRETACEOUS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLUX MEASUREMENT; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MASS BALANCE; MODELING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STABLE ISOTOPE; WARMING;

ALABAMA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; DAKOTA COUNTY [NEBRASKA]; MISSISSIPPI; NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; TUSCALOOSA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN INTERIOR;

EID: 49149132031     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.03.033     Document Type: Article

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