Cool episodes in the Cretaceous - Exploring the effects of physical forcings on Antarctic snow accumulation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 307, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 279-288

  Flogel S ^a   Wallmann, K ^a   Kuhnt, W ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Continental ice sheets; Cretaceous; Greenhouse; Orbital parameters

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; ATMOSPHERIC CO; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; CONTINENTAL ICE SHEET; CRETACEOUS; FORCINGS; GREENHOUSE CLIMATES; GREENHOUSE CONDITIONS; ICE SHEET; ICE VOLUMES; LATE CRETACEOUS; MESOZOIC; MODEL RESULTS; ORBITAL PARAMETERS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SEA-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; SNOW ACCUMULATION; TIME SPAN; TIME-SCALES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; GREENHOUSES; ISOTOPES; ORBITAL LABORATORIES; SEA LEVEL; SNOW;

ICE;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRETACEOUS; GLACIATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ICE SHEET; MESOZOIC; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 80955177678     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.04.024     Document Type: Article

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