Comparing early to middle Miocene terrestrial climate simulations with geological data

Geosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 952-961

  Herold, N ^a   Muller R D ^a   Seton, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 78751514780     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00544.1     Document Type: Article

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