Glacial greenhouse-gas fluctuations controlled by ocean circulation changes

Nature

Volumn 456, Issue 7220, 2008, Pages 373-376

  Schmittner, Andreas ^a   Galbraith, Eric D ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; NITROUS OXIDE; OVERTURN; PALEOCLIMATE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; POSTGLACIAL; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMOCLINE; WARMING;

ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GLACIER; GREENHOUSE GAS; GREENLAND; OCEAN CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STRATIFICATION; THERMOCLINE; TIME;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND;

EID: 56749136176     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07531     Document Type: Article

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