Evidence for orbital forcing of dust accumulation during the early Paleogene greenhouse

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Woodard, Stella C ^a   Thomas, Deborah J ^a   Hovan, Steve ^b   Röhl, Ursula ^c   Westerhold, Thomas ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

eolian dust; greenhouse; orbital forcing; Paleocene; sedimentary cycles; Shatsky Rise

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CLIMATE CONTROL; EARTH (PLANET); GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GREENHOUSES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

EOLIAN DUST; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCENE; SEDIMENTARY CYCLES; SHATSKY RISE;

DUST;

ACCUMULATION RATE; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ICE SHEET; INSOLATION; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGENE; PLEISTOCENE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SHATSKY RISE;

EID: 79951915868     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003394     Document Type: Article

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