Thresholds for Cenozoic bipolar glaciation

Nature

Volumn 455, Issue 7213, 2008, Pages 652-656

  DeConto, Robert M ^a   Pollard, David ^b   Wilson, Paul A ^c   Pälike, Heiko ^c   Lear, Caroline H ^d   Pagani, Mark ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; ISOTOPE; MAGNESIUM; OXYGEN;

CALCIUM; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CENOZOIC; COOLING; DEEP SEA; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ICE SHEET; MAGNESIUM; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OLIGOCENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; THRESHOLD;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CARBON CYCLE; CENOZOIC; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIATION; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PLIOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 53349100931     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07337     Document Type: Article

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