Late Miocene "washhouse" climate in Europe

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 275, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 393-401

  Böhme, Madelaine ^a   Ilg, August ^b   Winklhofer, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central American Seaway; climate teleconnections; continental run off; hydrologic cycle; Tortonian; Vallesian crisis

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL AMERICAN SEAWAY; CLIMATE TELECONNECTIONS; CONTINENTAL RUN-OFF; HYDROLOGIC CYCLE; TORTONIAN; VALLESIAN CRISIS;

DROUGHT; TURBULENT FLOW;

DRYERS (EQUIPMENT);

GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RUNOFF; TELECONNECTION; TORTONIAN; VALLESIAN;

BRAZIL; CEARA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; HOMO; REPTILIA; VALLESIA;

EID: 54249126061     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.09.011     Document Type: Article

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