Middle Eocene climate cyclicity in the southern Pacific: Implications for global ice volume

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 651-654

  Burgess, Catherine E ^a   Pearson, Paul N ^a   Lear, Caroline H ^a   Morgans, Hugh E G ^b   Handley, Luke ^c   Pancost, Richard D ^c   Schouten, Stefan ^d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cyclicity; Eocene; Ice; New Zealand; Paleoclimate; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CYCLICITY; EOCENE; ICE; NEW ZEALAND; PALEOCLIMATE; TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EOCENE; ICE SHEET; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEAWATER; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 50349098559     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24762A.1     Document Type: Article

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