Did changes in atmospheric CO2 coincide with latest Ordovician glacial-interglacial cycles?

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 296, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 376-388

  Young, Seth A ^a   Saltzman, Matthew R ^b   Ausich, William I ^b   Desrochers, André ^c   Kaljo, Dimitri ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Anticosti Island; Carbon dioxide; Carbon isotopes; Estonia; Glaciations; Late Ordovician

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DATA SET; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GLACIATION; ICE SHEET; MASS EXTINCTION; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SILICATE;

ANTICOSTI ISLAND; CANADA; ESTONIA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 77956934162     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.02.033     Document Type: Article

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