Coupled greenhouse warming and deep-sea acidification in the middle Eocene

Paleoceanography

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Bohaty, Steven M ^a,b   Zachos, James C ^a   Florindo, Fabio ^a   Delaney, Margaret L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEEP SEA DRILLING PROJECT; EOCENE; GLACIATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYPSITHERMAL; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 67650899466     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008PA001676     Document Type: Article

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