Evidence for middle Eocene Arctic sea ice from diatoms and ice-rafted debris

Nature

Volumn 460, Issue 7253, 2009, Pages 376-379

  Stickley, Catherine E ^a,c   St John, Kristen ^b   Koç, Nalân ^a,c   Jordan, Richard W ^d   Passchier, Sandra ^e   Pearce, Richard B ^f   Kearns, Lance E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; COOLING; DIATOM; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; ICE RAFTING; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; ICEBERG; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; QUARTZ; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COOLING; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOSSIL; LUTETIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WINTER;

ARCTIC REGIONS; COLD CLIMATE; DIATOMS; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ICE COVER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OCEANS AND SEAS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; LOMONOSOV RIDGE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; SYNEDROPSIS;

EID: 67650828349     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08163     Document Type: Article

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