Fossil soils constrain ancient climate sensitivity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 517-518

  Royer, Dana L ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIC ACID;

ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; CALCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL; GLOBAL CLIMATE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATES; CLIMATE; EARTH (PLANET); FOSSILS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PALEONTOLOGY; SEASONS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

EID: 76249117061     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0913188107     Document Type: Note

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