A carbon cycle coupled climate model of Neoproterozoic glaciation: Explicit carbon cycle with stochastic perturbations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Liu, Yonggang ^a   Peltier, W Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; FEEDBACK; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LAKES; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; SEAWATER; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

A-CARBON; CARBON CYCLES; CLIMATE COOLING; COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL; COUPLED MODELS; CYCLIC BEHAVIOR; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DYNAMICAL BEHAVIORS; ICE SHEET; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEOPROTEROZOIC; NEOPROTEROZOIC ERA; NEOPROTEROZOIC GLACIATIONS; OCEAN BASINS; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; REMINERALIZATION; STOCHASTIC PERTURBATIONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VERY LOW FREQUENCY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE MODELING; COOLING; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GLACIATION; ICE SHEET; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; OCEAN BASIN; OXYGEN; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; REMINERALIZATION; SEAWATER;

EID: 79551614975     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015128     Document Type: Article

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