Estimates of Arctic land surface temperatures during the early Pliocene from two novel proxies

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 304, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 291-299

  Csank, Adam Z ^a   Tripati, Aradhna K ^b,c,d   Patterson, William P ^e   Eagle, Robert A ^c   Rybczynski, Natalia ^f   Ballantyne, Ashley P ^g   Eiler, John M ^c  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^f CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

'clumped' isotopes; Arctic; Oxygen isotopes; Palaeoclimate; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

'CLUMPED' ISOTOPES; ARCTIC; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PALAEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH (PLANET); LANDFORMS; OXYGEN; PEAT;

ISOTOPES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; LAND SURFACE; METEORIC WATER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLIOCENE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 79953047828     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.02.030     Document Type: Article

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