Covariability of the Southern Westerlies and atmospheric CO2 during the Holocene

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 727-730

  Moreno, P I ^a   Francois, J P ^a   Moy, C M ^b   Villa Martinez R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Centro de Estudios del Cuaternario   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CO; COUPLED SYSTEMS; DEEP OCEAN; GLACIAL CYCLES; HOLOCENES; MODELING STUDIES; NATURAL VARIATION; OCEAN CIRCULATION; PATAGONIA; PHYSICAL SYSTEMS; PRODUCTIVITY CHANGES; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; WIND DRIVEN UPWELLING; ZONAL FLOWS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; TIME MEASUREMENT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HOLOCENE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; UPWELLING; WESTERLY; WIND FIELD; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

PATAGONIA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 77955986830     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30962.1     Document Type: Article

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