Large-scale glaciation and deglaciation of antarctica during the late eocene

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 723-726

  Peters, Shanan E ^a   Carlson, Anders E ^a   Kelly, Daniel C ^a   Gingerich, Philip D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; ATMOSPHERIC CO; CARBON EMISSIONS; CLIMATE TRANSITION; DEGLACIATIONS; EARTH'S CLIMATE; EUSTATIC SEA LEVEL; GLOBAL CLIMATES; GLOBAL COOLING; GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; ICE SHEET; ICE VOLUMES; LATE EOCENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TRANSIENT OSCILLATIONS; WESTERN DESERT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; EARTH (PLANET); GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; OXYGEN; SEA LEVEL;

ICE;

DEGLACIATION; EOCENE; EUSTACY; GLACIATION; ICE SHEET; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

ANTARCTICA; EGYPT; WESTERN DESERT;

EID: 77955964068     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31068.1     Document Type: Article

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