Modeling the influence of a reduced equator-to-pole sea surface temperature gradient on the distribution of water isotopes in the Early/Middle Eocene

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 298, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 57-65

  Speelman, Eveline N ^a   Sewall, Jacob O ^b   Noone, David ^c   Huber, Matthew ^d   der Heydt, Anna von ^e   Damsté, Jaap Sinninghe ^a,f   Reichart, Gert Jan ^a,g  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^g ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Azolla; Climate modeling; Eocene; Hydrogen isotopes; Hydrological cycling; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

AZOLLA; CLIMATE MODELING; EOCENE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLING; PALEOCLIMATES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEN; POLES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

ISOTOPES;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; EOCENE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

AZOLLA;

EID: 77957256109     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.07.026     Document Type: Article

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