Closing of the Central American Seaway and the ice age: A critical review

Paleoceanography

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Molnar, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLACIATION; ICE SHEET; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; SAVANNA; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; CENTRAL AMERICA; EURASIA; FENNOSCANDIA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 50649099990     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007PA001574     Document Type: Review

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