Increased seasonality through the Eocene to Oligocene transition in northern high latitudes

Nature

Volumn 459, Issue 7249, 2009, Pages 969-973

  Eldrett, James S ^a   Greenwood, David R ^b   Harding, Ian C ^c   Huber, Matthew ^d  

^a Shell UK Exploration and   (United Kingdom)

^b BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN 18;

ARIDITY; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRETACEOUS; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; GLACIATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; ICE SHEET; LATITUDE; MARINE SEDIMENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; SEASONALITY;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; EOCENE; GLACIATION; GLACIER; GREENLAND; NORWAY; OLIGOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

CLIMATE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREENLAND; HISTORY, ANCIENT; ICE COVER; NORWAY; OCEANS AND SEAS; POLLEN; SEASONS; SPORES; TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 67649246826     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08069     Document Type: Article

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