Atmospheric circulation over Patagonia from the Jurassic to present: A review through proxy data and climatic modelling scenarios

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 229-249

  Compagnucci, Rosa Hilda ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Palaeo winds; Palaeoclimate; Palaeoclimate forcings; Westerlies

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; CONTINENTAL DRIFT; CRETACEOUS; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYPSITHERMAL; JURASSIC; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OLIGOCENE; ORBITAL FORCING; OROGRAPHY; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TORTONIAN;

PATAGONIA;

EID: 79957747771     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01655.x     Document Type: Article

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