Climate modelling sensitivity experiments for the Messinian Salinity Crisis

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 286, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 149-163

  Schneck, Rainer ^a,b   Micheels, Arne ^a,b   Mosbrugger, Volker ^a,b  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate modelling; Messinian Salinity Crisis; Sensitivity experiments

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; EVAPORITE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOSSIL RECORD; MESSINIAN; MODEL TEST; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SALINITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 75949126505     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.12.011     Document Type: Article

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