Global Miocene tectonics and the modern world

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 279-295

  Potter, Paul Edwin ^a   Szatmari, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

climate change; Miocene; modern world; superplumes; tectonics

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERTIFICATION; GLACIATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; HEAT TRANSFER; ICE CAP; MIOCENE; OROGENIC BELT; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; PLEISTOCENE;

AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 71249092521     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.07.003     Document Type: Review

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