Rapid carbon injection and transient global warming during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 201-206

  Sluijs, A ^a   Brinkhuis, H ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; GLOBAL WARMING; HYPSITHERMAL; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOCLIMATE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 56049088525     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0016774600023271     Document Type: Conference Paper

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