New quantitative evidence of extreme warmth in the Pliocene Arctic

Stratigraphy

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 265-276

  Robinson, Marci M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

NEOGLOBOQUADRINA PACHYDERMA;

EID: 77949768577     PISSN: 1547139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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