Controls on Permo-Carboniferous precipitation over tropical Pangaea: A GCM sensitivity study

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 268, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 181-192

  Peyser, Cheryl E ^a   Poulsen, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; General circulation model; Paleoclimate; Pangaea; Permian

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CLIMATE MODELING; DEGLACIATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GONDWANA; PALEOCLIMATE; PANGAEA; PERMIAN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 53049096949     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.03.048     Document Type: Article

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