Onset of convective rainfall during gradual late miocene rise of the central andes

Science

Volumn 328, Issue 5977, 2010, Pages 490-493

  Poulsen, Christopher J ^a   Ehlers, Todd A ^a,b   Insel, Nadja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; OXYGEN; OXYGEN 18; RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC LAPSE RATE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MIOCENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLATEAU; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; UPLIFT;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SIMULATION; SUMMER; UPPER MIOCENE; VAPOR;

ANDES;

EID: 77951592450     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1185078     Document Type: Article

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