Stepwise transition from the Eocene greenhouse to the Oligocene icehouse

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 329-334

  Katz, Miriam E ^a,b   Miller, Kenneth G ^b   Wright, James D ^b   Wade, Bridget S ^b,c   Browning, James V ^b   Cramer, Benjamin S ^d   Rosenthal, Yair ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 53349139464     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo179     Document Type: Article

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