Atmospheric carbon dioxide through the Eocene-Oligocene climate transition

Nature

Volumn 461, Issue 7267, 2009, Pages 1110-1113

  Pearson, Paul N ^a   Foster, Gavin L ^b   Wade, Bridget S ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIC ACID;

BORON ISOTOPE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; ICE SHEET; MELTING; MICROFOSSIL; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PH;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EOCENE; ICE CAP; ICE SHEET; MICROFOSSIL; OLIGOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANZANIA;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ATMOSPHERE; BORON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; FORAMINIFERA; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ICE COVER; ISOTOPES; PLANKTON; SEAWATER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA; TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 70350466188     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08447     Document Type: Article

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