Middle Miocene ice sheet dynamics, deep-sea temperatures, and carbon cycling: A Southern Ocean perspective

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Shevenell, Amelia E ^a,b   Kennett, James P ^a   Lea, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Cenozoic climate; Geochemistry; Paleoceanography

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650567526     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001736     Document Type: Article

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